Alice lives as an outcast in her village until she offers her own neck to soothe Vampire Duke Gideon during a lethal ancestral blood frenzy, disappearing into the mist before dawn. That single forbidden encounter leaves Alice pregnant with a pureblood vampire child, little Gemma. Struggling to survive in poverty while hiding her daughter's glowing eyes, Alice accepts a domestic post at the duke's dark citadel.
Gideon fails to recognize Alice as the mysterious savior he has searched for across territories, treating her as a simple blood servant. However, little Gemma continually draws the two together through supernatural instinct. As rival covens launch an armed insurrection against the ducal seat, Alice and Gideon must untangle their past to protect their extraordinary child.
