This is the vampire Jaegar's story in the second installment of the Blood & Death series. Jaegar, has always served R ghfuil, The Blood King. He is R ghfuil's greatest hunter and killer. His purpose is to seek out humans who are marked to die by blood spilling. Killing is all that he has ever known. Having been given to R ghfuil when he was very young, he has never questioned his life. Driven by his craving for human blood and his loyalty to R ghfuil, he has never had a reason to question. That was, until he assisted a beautiful Portent, who was in the service of Death. Death and R ghfuil as rivals, makes the Portent a rival to Jaegar. It is on a mission for The Blood King, when Jaegar befriends a mortal, that he crosses paths once again, with the alluring Portent. Jaegar finds himself catapulted into a world of deception, betrayal, power and the ultimate battle between life and death.
This is the first instalment in the tales of Death, otherwise known as The Grim Reaper and also his rival, Rìghfuil, the Blood King. This volume focuses on Meraud, the youngest of the immortal Portents, who is in the service of Death. As an immortal, destined to bear witness to the tragic deaths of humans throughout eternity, her emotions are finally tested. Not only does she experience love for another Portent called Fear, she also feels mercy for a human named Dale. It is her mercy, combined with her reckless decision, that ultimately could deliver Dale, a fate worse than Death. Meraud's difficult lesson is the first rule of the Portent existence. No one can cheat Death.