At the request of the Coven, Mira finds herself in Venice with Danaus "for their own protection." Yet, the home of the nightwalker rulers is anything but safe when Mira discovers that the Coven has made a deal with a splinter faction within the naturi. Mira must deftly maneuver through Coven politics while protecting Danaus from both nightwalkers and the naturi. And before the end, she must find a way to stop the emerging naturi without being stabbed in the back by her own kind.