Grief-stricken hybrid vampire Raymond teaches university psychology while secretly battling violent nocturnal seizures brought on by the traumatic death of his human wife. Hope arrives in his lecture hall when freshman witch Bernice enrolls in his course, possessing an innate magical resonance that mysteriously calms his predatory delirium.
Their cautious therapeutic sessions quickly spark dangerous jealousy from campus rivals and draw the lethal scrutiny of Raymond's ruthless father, the supreme vampire patriarch. As ancient supernatural factions plot to drag Raymond onto the governing parliament, Bernice must master her ancestral charms to defend the damaged scholar she is growing to love.
