War is brewing in the ranks of the Merovingians, and once again, Sasha Micheaux finds herself on the losing end. She's killed off the previous members of the Council and now her European cousins want her head-or restitution for her sins. At stake, Sasha's multi-billion dollar fortune, which she has no intention of relinquishing to anyone. Sasha flees Switzerland to Quebec City, then Seattle, but eventually winds up trapped by her pursuers at a remote forest retreat in eastern Washington. Her only hope rests with Julian Sebasst, and his ability to negotiate a fair settlement with the Council in exchange for her life. But when a bomb kills the Council's representative in Greece, battle lines are drawn-each side blaming the other. Sebasst knows that the truth is probably somewhere in the middle-which is exactly where he is caught again.