Ed takes Uriel outside of the Order for the first time in his life to respond to a feral vampire sighting and discover much more than the greenhorn lad is prepared for. Can Ed keep them both alive? Meanwhile at the Order…enter Archibald Jonathan Journey III, Professor of history, carrier of the werewolf curse, and…Damien’s friend? The dark burden the wolf-man carries is revealed along with Damien’s desire to help him. Then, a shocking event brings the order’s leaders together for the first time in a long time as they must discuss a powerful looming threat as the vampire faction seeks to make a deadly trade.