Master vampire Cristobal Cortez broke all the rules when he made a witch his Queen. Now someone is targeting his court using Death Essence. Able to walk into the Otherworld and speak with the dead, hedge-witch Cedar Hollings is placed on the case with Cristobal's enforcer, Arlington Bonnor. Longtime witch hater, Arlington is on his third strike. Forced to assimilate into a witch-friendly environment, he's pushed to his limits when he's placed with a witch to solve the recent attacks. If he can keep his prejudices to himself long enough to solve the case, he might just get back in his master's good graces.