Cedric and Silus are two creatures forbidden to be together. A sun sprite and a vampire. They must hide from their powerful families. Otherwise they risk a death that will not be swift. For the last year, they have been together, thinking they were the only sun sprite and vampire to take each other as mates. Until Silus's former fiancee arrives with a sun sprite mate on her arm. The two have tracked down Cedric and Silus, and want to create a new nest where sun sprites and vampires live peacefully. Silus is suspicious and wary, especially considering the circumstances in which they were found, while Cedric is forced to deal with his jealousy that Silus had a fiancee before him, and with the grim knowledge that he is aging and dying as the days go by.