Marina has been raised in the human world, never knowing about her heritage. Her mother was born into the lowest class, being of fae and werewolf blood, then sold to a clan of vampires to endure her new role as a maid, cook, and to be sold to stand in place as members of the higher society in their clan were to be punished. When she had found her mate as one of those, she was elated, but the relationship was meant to be kept secret. As she found she was pregnant, she escaped and swore her child would never be bound to the same fate. Once she had her beautiful baby girl, she placed her baby in a basket on the steps of an orphanage with one letter to the headmaster, explaining there was no hope in the home she was born into and an envelope with the child's name: Marina.