Seven years ago Dr Shea OHalloran experienced an unexpected & horrendous pain unlike anything she had ever known. It felt as if she were being tortured. Eventually the pain disappeared but Shea never forgot. She has since devoted her life to trying to understand the cause of the rare genetic blood disorder that is slowly killing her. The answers to some of Sheas questions start to reveal themselves when she is approached by two men who accuse her of being a vampire. Shea runs for her life &
- following a feeling she cant explain
- her desperate wanderings lead her to Romania. The ancient one known as Jacques Dubrinsky can explain. Seven years ago Jacques was captured tortured & buried alive by several humans & a Carpathian betrayer. The years of extreme pain & lack of sustenance that followed have nearly driven Jacques insane. He has been using what is left of his powers to psychically draw Shea to the region. But is Shea to be his healer or his prey?