Working late one night, Natalie Pierce is kidnapped by a creature that looks like a harmless old man but is something far more terrifying. Her life is forever altered when she is transformed into a monster of myth and legend; a vampire. Lonely and full of despair, she comes face to face with the irresistible and enigmatic Lord Lucentio. Justice bringer for the European Vampire Council, Luc was sent to Australia to kill a rogue vamp, but instead finds Natalie. He quickly discovers that she is far from an ordinary fledgling. He suspects that she is Mortis, a figure of both hope and dread among their kind. Nat is propelled into a dark and mysterious underworld that takes her far away from her hometown of Brisbane. Vampires are in mortal danger and it is her job to save them. An unknown enemy has begun to whittle down their already limited numbers. If Nat fails to accept her destiny, their entire species will soon cease to exist.