He is Carpathian. Ancient and unassailable. She is human. Young and vulnerable. Without her, he will not survive. Caught between two warring species, Dimitri has spent centuries hunting the undead to keep his people free and humans safe. He has survived honorably when others have chosen to give up their souls. Now, marked for extermination by the Lycans, Dimitri finds himself alone, and fearing for his life. But salvation is coming… No Lycan would ever suspect someone like Skyler to dare mount a secret rescue operation. A teenage girl. A human of untested abilities. But she has something no one else does. She is predestined for Dimitri—as he is for her. And there is nothing stronger for Skyler than her desire to see her life-dream come true. Whatever the risk.

他是喀爾巴阡吸血鬼，古老而神秘，擁有不死之身；她是一名凡人，年輕而脆弱。但沒有她，他將無以存活。迪密崔夾處在對立交戰的兩個種族之間，數百年來不斷獵殺活屍，只為了拯救同伴，守護人類。當其他人選擇出賣靈魂苟活，他卻堅持帶著尊嚴活下去。如今，迪密崔成為狼人頭號獵殺目標，他孤立無援，命在旦夕，就在此刻，救星出現。狼人族絕對想不到脆弱的人類如史凱樂，竟敢暗中營救迪密崔。她雖然只是平凡的青少女，卻擁有未知的潛力以及其他人都沒有的特質。史凱樂命中注定要與迪密崔相遇相守，為了他，她不顧一切危險，只為了完成此生唯一的宿願。