Lucian, Guardian of the/] Underworld /@Gates,?_$ flees the rea,(lm o!@f the dead wit*h h,%i$\s )!d$,,#augh \ te ^r Mila—who bears the?@
^ p(ower of the `River Styx—a[nd #surfaces in the mortal +:city of V@esper to !! liv^;e an ordinary lif(e. O
=(n the st@r)=eets he rescues^ Va_;lerie, heir )!=to
#+^the .A).shfor_$d famil$y, \who=\] is being hunt_ed; to dodge an arranged marriage, she `=proposes :. a co=ntract )_]^marriage, and .*th]*e two* wed.
Adrian Ha]=wthor(ne;?'s family closes in:!\ th`ey kid)*nap?^ Vale[rie and send Underworld
:!envoy?#s to\= kill. Mila, wit)_#h +* her super]human strengt/-(h, shi$^?!elds her mother a*:;gain and aga in, (=#whil+@e;\ Lucian silently er*(?:ases the memories :invo!lved. Mila, also]-[ hacks the ` )e;nem [y's bu;/g and( expos-@es cous.[ in ;=
Gavin'`s pl/
ot t\),o fo)!rge drug evid?.ence and [! frame
 Valerie#. At the _ family council$, fa! (ther and daught$[er shatter #% the ;,sch #em#]e—_@just a/]s Adr=ian arri:ves with +
#gu,\nmen \to]^: seize *the dock^^s. M)eanwhile, Charon ha*)s -=!sent Ronan-/ +i\!n*-to_]/ the m/)*ortal w @or#,)*ld, and their pea_)]ce f!\aces t\]hreats fro m
 both the Un%!+de_rwor;ld and the mob.