Eleven-year-old, Edmond Spencer's situation at the Thystlewicke School for Vampires becomes even more chaotic when his best-friend Crichton hires an immortal to be his bodyguard. Hinder, the elephant-headed immortal, with four arms and the ability to shift through dimensions, agrees to keep Edmond safe even from the Vampire Council! He can't even begin to imagine the trouble that will cause him. At least it is a minor distraction from the question of who his father is and whether or not the Council is going to make him a vampire as well. But around vampires, even a minor distraction can have deadly consequences.