Borscht Kuznetsov is the master of his vampire coven. He likes his donors silent, his people obedient, and his life orderly. When an alarm on the northern outskirts of his property alert him to intruders, he leads the charge to drive the humans from his land. To his surprise, Borscht discovers they were chasing an Egyptian fruit bat. Confused by his sudden onslaught of protectiveness, he realizes the little creature is a shifter...who refuses to shift. With his only memories that of his time spent in captivity, Sekani doesn't know much. He can't even understand the words of the people around him after he escapes from his prison. Still, one of them smells really good...and the man saved him from the hunters. When the man finally says a few words in halting English, Sekani learns that his world is so much larger than he could ever have imagined. Can Borscht handle his beloved's overabundance of excitement, especially when he learns that Sekani has friends that need rescuing?