The Past Is Never Forgotten. Now that the world knows about vampires, Annabelle is finding it difficult to keep up her public image. With her private life disintegrating around her, a new religious movement making her public life even more difficult, and her most treasured connections in danger, Annabelle must try to salvage the world she's built so carefully. Ian's having issues of his own. With a figure from the past returned, both he and Saraphina must confront the past in order to preserve the future for them all.