Then one-time big game hunter Chas Escobar shows up at Angel Investigations, asking for their help to track down his wife. Her name is Marianna - and she's a vampire. Alone with her on a small and distant island, Escobar had been working to find a cure. Before he could succeed, however, she escaped him, and now he suspects that she is the creature who's been stalking Faith.

But Escobar has a hidden agenda, and before long, Angel, Cordy, Wesley and Gunn discover that his real aim is to rid the world of vampires - all of them - forever; even those who possess a soul. If Angel is willing to sacrifice himself in order to help the hunter to achieve his goal, then his atonement will truly be complete. But before they can reach the artefact they require to complete their task, the two of them find that they themselves have become the prey, in a game controlled by beings of absolute evil - the lawyers of Wolfram and Hart.