Scarlet and Stephan finally feel they are in a place they can be happy, that is until Stephan’s old flame gets back into the picture. Marquis is a murderous vampire with only one obsession, Stephan. She takes Stephan and Scarlet’s child and would only agree to a trade. She wanted Stephan all of him. Stephan has to leave his family yet again so as to protect them. Scarlet starts to regret meeting Stephan.
Scarlet venturing out in the world on her own. She is determined to fulfil the promise she made to her parents. She gets a fellowship at George Washington Hospital miles away from the father of her child. In the meantime Stephan is back in San Francisco trying to find out where Scarlet had gone to. But Kayla wasn’t volunteering the information. He only gets his answers from a female beast, Nikki, who is intent on making him her mate. When Stephan gets to DC he sees Scarlet with a human man. He doesn’t wait to find out anything else, instead he goes back home and starts killing the vampires that disrupted his life.
The first time Scarlet sees Stephan all she could think about were his beautiful eyes and how much sorrow was in them. At first she doesn’t pursue any romantic idea between them but when his best friend starts to date her best friend, the idea of love is shoved in her face.Stephan had already gone through the whole ‘love and lost’ charade. He wasn’t about to put himself in that vulnerable position once again. It was better for everyone to stay away from him, human or otherwise.
Archer has always known what is expected of him. He accepts to be betrothedto a woman he doesn’t know, for the sake of the kingdom. An alliancebetween the two kingdoms is needed in order to fight off the rebels. Hegoes to great lengths to win the affection of his betrothed.Adalia doesn't want to be an ornament. She wants to be a strong queen, whojoins her army in battles. But she is a princess. The only thing expectedof her is to be beautiful and reproduce one heir after another. Adalia goesto Archer’s kingdom ready to accept her fate. But when she runs into Xanderher childhood crush, she commits to marrying him instead of the future King.