After Zoey's roommate and best friend, Stevie Rae Johnson, dies of the Change, Zoey sees Stevie Rae in the courtyard. Zoey realizes Neferet has something to do with changing the dead fledglings into evil creatures. The same evil creatures are responsible for the kidnappings and murders of the high school boys. When her ex-boyfriend Heat goes missing, Zoey has a vision, which leads her to Heath and the underground world where the evil creatures are living. Zoey saves Heath's life, but vows to bring down Neferet at the right time for her part in the murders of the boy and what Neferet is doing to create evil creatures.