Evette finds herself protecting and falling in love with Sebastian as their relationship develops and she kills the vampire hunters who intend to stake him. For convenience she lives in the castle with him and thus spends her days alongside him and his children. It takes a while for them to admit their feelings and once they do the stakes are higher.
A mage gets a second chance at life after escaping being sacrificed in the name of an old god—but the fall and trauma left her without a past so she has to remake herself from the ground up. Recovered after her fall by a group of mercenaries, Nyx recovers among them in their guildhall, then eventually joins them as their newest recruit.