The council has convened to discuss the vampire problem, and while Henry doesn't want to agree to subject the realm to their test, thereby eradicating vampires altogether, it would seem he has no choice. Lord Price is intent on blackmailing him, and if Price found out what Henry is really getting up to with his new vampire friends, it could put all their lives at risk.
But when Henry goes to warn Doctor Victor Dommik, he finds more than he bargained fora house party at Autumnvale Hall! Can Henry trust the good doctor enough to submit to his own dark desiresin front of a vampiric audience?