All her life, Lesly has ignored The Others ... they are the creatures in the shadows, the voices, the insistent little whispers that haunt her dreams. She also recognises their smell, for it is a taste of something tantalisingly sweet and forbidden. But she learns to ignore them, pushing them right out of her life which is busy and full and interesting, revolving around the world of law. However, with the arrival of Mr. Taspern, things change. The voices return ... and this time she can't resist the lure, the irresistible urge to find out who, or what, she truly is.