Kaia has had it with her mother. Talk about touchy. Offend the sea witch and pay the price. Oy. Granted, Kaiaâs last boyfriend had been an idiot, but nearly sacrificing him to a dark god had been totally unnecessary. And those deals her mother keeps making with demons to obtain more power? Not a healthy way to achieve balance. To stop her mother from sacrificing some other poor schlub, she sneaks into her motherâs lair and finds more intended sacrifices. But one of them has fangs. Needing to get to safety before her mother returns and loses her mind, Kaia, a sea nymph, swims away with the guy and soon learns heâs under a spell. In order to cure him, she overrides her motherâs magic with her own, weak though it may be. But now this maleâa freakinâ vryko, a vampire who can swim like the merfolkâthinks he loves her. Curing Orion of the enchantment should have ended their association, but heâs still obsessed with her. And for some reason, sheâs intrigued by him as well. But the dark one to whom her mother promised a soul doesnât care where it comes from. And since her mother has reneged on Orion, the dark one decides Kaia will do nicely in his place.