We get to see how Anita is coming to grips with how the ardeur is desensitizing her to what she feels about sex and how she is letting it push her boundaries. This also means more trouble with Richard because he can't handle the ardeur and the fact that it may be pushing his sexual boundaries as well but then again Richard is having even more problems controlling his anger that he inherited from Anita and their triumvante. 
 When all is finished with a loving bow tied around it what more could happen; this is Anita Blake and only she could possibly make it worse than when it started. Having her relationship with Asher change for the better but also for the worse leads to further problems with Jean-Claude and Richard and of course Richard never takes anything well.