Hunting for a serial killer, Casta Rodriguez notices a young woman, apparently lost. The woman is walking the streets wearing nothing but a thin silk shirt and cargo shorts...on a cool October evening in San Francisco. Who is this young woman, Casta Rodriguez, detective for the police department, wonders when she stumbles across Kai Seven Travelers. On a whim, Casta offers Kai shelter for the night. This decision will change her life forever in ways and places she can't possibly imagine. She will be kidnapped, her throat slit. And magic, which she certainly didn't believe in before, saves her...

Sara Sutherlin is about to open her condo door to go look for her husband, Kyle, who left hours ago. The shrill ring of her intercom stops her in her tracks. She picks up the receiver. "Yes?" "Ma'am, we're with the Miami police department. May we come up?" He flashes his ID in front of the camera. She freezes into numbness while she listens to the elevator hum as it rises to the thirtieth floor. Her floor. A tap on her door. She opens it, dreading...knowing. "Mrs. Sutherlin?" "Yes." Shortly after, Sara Sutherlin's world collapses and forever changes in a way she never in her wildest dreams...