Once Jareaux and Teal were young and in love, but circumstances separated them. Now, five years later, they encounter one another again, but everything has changed. Jareaux has become a Hound, a psychic bodyguard without memory or a will of his own, while the blind Teal is an assassin who uses his beauty and sex to get close to his targets. Without his memories, Jareaux wonders why the handsome guest at a masquerade seems so familiar? And what are these feelings this stranger has ignited within him? And for the sightless Teal, he knows he's found his former lover as soon as he hears the Hound speak, but can he restore the man's memory? Or will he lose Jareaux again? Caught in a web of intrigue, with no one they can trust, the men fight to save themselves and rekindle their love. But do too many masks separate them?