One faithful Walpurgis Night, Penelope "Horos" Wallingford, a youthful but sheltered witch, finds herself saved by Adena and Ellern, two witches of The Eld, during a vampire attack down the River Paths of Durham, England. While Penelope is hesitant to accept their assistance and offers of tutoring, fate conspires to reveal the depths of Penelope's ignorance and sends her directly back to the sanctuary that is Little Haven...