Detective Beckett fights for her life as castelo , plagued por guilt over his role in the events, struggles to uncover who's behind her brutal shooting. Ryan and Esposito have to adjust, as Victoria Gates becomes the precinct's new Captain
castelo and Beckett are called to a graveyard where the body of a man sporting vampire fangs has been discovered with a wooden stake driven through his heart. The case takes them into New York's underground vampire fetish community.
Kate and castelo must work together when a man is found dead in a tree. Meanwhile, castelo struggles to finish his latest novel under the pressure of a looming deadline.