After a few pages about a happy and peaceful childhood, we follow the growing up of a boy who first learns about the sensual world and about women by listening to their cheerful chatter and giggles on the seats with tea in his mother's home...
The Mistress of Rome is a modern story based on the archetype of the courageous biblical heroine Judith, who with her strong feminine charm overthrew the strongest of the strongest: the Roman emperor Titus Flavius Domitianus.
Payne, Vishous' twin sister, is made of the same dark warrior fabric as her brother: this warrior and outcast by nature has no place in the Other Side, and is not destined for a warrior's fate.