Lord Julian Thornfield burns Adeline’s village, turns her into a vampire, and forces her to become his dead wife’s replacement. Even his daughter, Eve, calls her “Mama.” When Adeline tries to die, Eve’s strange power hurls them a hundred years into the past. There, Julian is not a cruel lord yet. He is a scarred human slave in a circus cage, whipped as a monster. Adeline only wants to hand Eve back and escape, but the child’s broken heart ties her to them both. Then the caged man asks who she is, and Adeline answers, “I’m your future wife.”