Even in the shadow, her past haunts her. In a small town in northern New Jersey someone (or something) has murdered a twenty year old ware- tiger by injecting liquid silver into her heart. It is one of a string of ghastly murders that are occurring around Grabenberg, NJ. OPIA, the Occult and Paranormal Investigation Agency, decides it's time to call in their best agent. The only problem is Kirsa Heinrich has been living in a secluded town in Germany where her ancestors are from. There she is trying to rebuild her life after her parent's murder and a grisly case brought her world tumbling down. Kirsa puts the clues left at the crime scene together and realizes her worst fear; a cult that has been targeting her family for years is now killing in her home town. The Church of Light, a radical cult that is against ware-animals, vampires, witches, the fae and anyone that associates with them. Kirsa decides they must be stopped and she is the one to do it. When the Vampire Council hears she is working on the case they assign her a Shadow, a highly trained vampire bodyguard and assassin. For reasons lost to the council, Kirsa's family has been under the protection of the vampires since the council's beginnings. Ayden O'Brian is one of the best Shadows and has been working on a case that is eerily similar to the events in New Jersey, investigating a group of young vampire delegates from the council that has gone missing. He has sworn to the Vampire Council that he will keep Kirsa safe and find out the truth, because the Church is after Kirsa. Kirsa and Ayden know that she will not be able to rest until the Church is taken down for good. As the investigation continues, Kirsa begins to realize that the person behind the deaths is the spy the Vampire Council is hunting. Not only is the traitor a vampire but he was also her parents' former body guard, Lars. Lars was also assigned to protect her until Ayden arrived on the scene. Kirsa learns th
