About the book: 2006 / Payne Scott - one of the Dark Ones: a vampire without a soul. And his mother is about to lose her soul too, unless Payne can repay the debt to the demon and find the relic known as the God of Jilin in five days. Half-elf Samantha Coss was kicked out of the Order of Diviners, but she can still find missing things, and that's why she and opened her own private investigation agency. Payne is one of Sam's first clients, and the only one who made her elf sensuality tremble. This makes it almost impossible to maintain their relationship on a business level. Moreover, Sam is sure that she is Payne's Beloved, who can return his soul, whether he wants it or not…