Fighter. Survivor. Outcast. The werewolf Anastasia, illegitimate daughter of Erzsebet Bathory, is able to meet her notorious mother at last. She discovers a pack of werewolves living in the forests around Csejthe and joins their ranks, forgetting her human life and her daughter. Katrine and the Danse Macabre are set to travel to Moscow in pursuit of a mysterious creature rumored to be terrorizing the area. The group receives a chilly reception from the local vampires, who are suspicious of their associate Nikoli Osomov. Katrine also meets a member of the shadowy Order of the Dragon, who casts doubts on the motives of her cousin Gabor. Meanwhile, the blood drinker Klara Von Dores has been sold into slavery as punishment for her crimes against the Danse Macabre. Never one to submit to the will of others, she slaughters her new master and frees her fellow servants. But her behaviour won't go unnoticed for long, and her new friend Olivia fears she may have been better off a slave.