Frankie is a private investigator hired under false pretenses to discover a cheating wife. She'd never have taken the case if she had realized her client was an unregistered mage siphon and the mage his wife was draining of his magic was the President's illegitimate son, Harrison.

She's spent her whole life staying out of the cross-hairs of the registered mages because she doesn't want to be under their control. Her magic is genetically enhanced and much sought after. In spite of her dislike of mages her sympathy for Harrison's plight tangles her in intrigues and has them both running from the most powerful man on the planet.