Celeste's life has a Hunter of monsters is complicated enough, without also trying to balance her relationships with her two lovers, werewolf Michael and vampire Raphael. She and Raphael have saved Michael from remaining in full beast mode, so he can come back to her in his human form, but her problems are just beginning. Arielle, Celeste's boss in the Hunter Collective, has gone to the ends of the earth to seek information about the latest assassination attempt on Celeste. The answers Arielle returns with shock all of them to the core. The fiercely independent Celeste hates feeling like a pawn on a chess board. The revelation that she's been traveling hidden paths laid down centuries before makes her more determined than ever to stop the chaos she's barely managing to hold off. She starts formulating a plan to free herself from the maze the mysterious powers out to get her have thrust her into. Can Celeste forge a new destiny of her own with the help of her lovers? Or is she doomed to lose everything she holds dear?