Dante has just been assigned Aurora Sky's mentor. Before they ever meet, he goes on a mission up north in the Alaska interior with his old partner and informant, Janine.

Undercover, and on the hunt, the team tracks down a nest of vampires addicted to blood and drugs. But things don't go according to plan . . .

* In this Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter story, Dante meets some vamps he will run into again in vol. 5, Whiteout.