With great difficulty, Jiro is battling the Kowloon Children, only a few remaining. But worn out as he is, the vampire alone may not be up to the task.

With Mimiko's apartment destroyed, the Compromiser joins a conference between the Company and the leaders of the various bloodlines.

The false Kelly Wong proves to be none other than Cassa, the warehouse her hideout full of infectious Kowloon blood. She seeks something in the Eleventh Yard and will not be satisfied until she finds it.

Healed and replenished by Mimiko's blood after his near disaster, the lingering resonance between Jiro and the Compromiser reveal many dark facets of his past, facts that affect the present and even the future.