Layla has always had strange dreams. At least, that's what she tells herself. She's seventeen, struggling to keep her family afloat, working as much as she can, and trying to make it through her final year of high school. The last thing she needs is a mystery she can't explain. But lately, her dreams have changed. There's always a man. She doesn't know his name, yet being near him feels strangely comforting. Familiar. Like returning somewhere she's been before. Then she starts dreaming about dying. In one dream, she hears him begging someone—or something—not to take her. “Please. Not Marie.” Layla has no idea who Marie is. She also has no idea why the name feels like it belongs to her. When a history project brings Layla and her best friend, Britt, to the mysterious Hickory Mansion, the strange dreams begin following her into the waking world. She knows things she shouldn't know. Finds things she shouldn't be able to find. And then she sees him. The man from her dreams. Only this time, he's real. Soon, Layla begins to wonder if her dreams are dreams at all. Because someone remembers a life she doesn't. Someone knows a name she has never been called. And someone has been waiting a very long time to find her again. Some memories are meant to stay buried. Some promises were never meant to be broken. And some souls... refuse to stay forgotten.

In a world ruled by vampires, humanity’s hope is fading. Humans are forced to be slaves and used for their blood by the vampires. Lily and her brother have lived in hiding for five years, one of the last free remnants of a world overtaken by the brutal Vampire King, Calus. But when their sanctuary is discovered, and her brother and the other men are slaughtered, Lily is taken to a vampire auction house where she runs into someone she didn't expect. With their help, she is sold to the highest bidder at the vampire auction house, Alec. Her savior Alec is a mysterious vampire with a dark secret. Alec seeks to undo the nightmare Calus has inflicted on the world. As Alec takes Lily to the Secracy, a safe haven for humans, Lily begins having strange dreams—a voice from beyond the grave urging her to help Alec. Visions of the dead and guided by their cryptic messages, Lily holds the key to ending Calus' reign. But as her feelings for Alec grow, she begins to wonder: Can she trust a vampire to save humanity—or will she be forced to choose between love and survival?

Trevor caught the scent of his mate while he was on a mission for a Rouge She-wolf. While he expected his mate to give herself to him right away, he was shocked to find out she was human. Should've been easy still till his wolf pointed out she wore two rings on her left hand. Symbolizing, she was claimed by another human. Trixie was refusing to believe her husband Brad was dead. He went on a trip with some friends and vanished. There was no evidence they were even at the camping grounds. While Brads friends now had burial spots with empty caskets, Trixie held onto hope that they were alive somewhere. Trevor learned some information about Brads family that was kept a secret from Trixie. Trevor had a secret as well. He knew what had happened to her husband Brad and his friends the night they went missing.