It's been over a year since Val has last seen Abigail. Driven nearly mad by her loss, he finally accepts that she is gone to him forever. Until the night he discovers her about to be sold at a human auction. After rescuing her from her new captor he is stunned to realize that his little dove is no longer the shy, frightened human she once was. When he learns of her plan to rescue her new human friends from the deadly games they are being forced to participate in by a powerful vampire named Darius, he reluctantly agrees to help her. Abby is determined to save her friends. Even if it means trusting Val - the vampire she swore she'd never allow to control her again.