Out of the Cage: First impressions are not everything. Armand Zeroni wakes up in a strange house. He doesn't know how he ended up there...or even where there is. His first instinct is to flee, and the idea is reinforced when he discovers a general from his base inside a room, tied to a chair. Armand frees the general and escapes into the woods, where he stumbles across hiker Zakhar Kuznetsov. The handsome Russian seems mildly familiar, but he can't put his finger on why. Promising a ride into town, Zakhar leads Armand and the general back to the trailhead...and right into an ambush. Armand finds himself back at what he learns is a massive estate...populated by people believing they are vampires and shifters. Zakhar explains why they captured the general, but after being lied to by the man, can Armand believe a word out of his mouth? On top of that, holding a general against his will goes against everything Armand has been trained to believe in. How can he just let that go?