A probate solicitor is used to strange final instructions, but none have ever sealed her beneath a country house with Stellan Varen, a starving vampire king.
Chained and dangerous, he is certain her blood is his way out, and every willing bite loosens another chain while the bond between them deepens.
Freeing him is their only escape, yet the vampire who imprisoned him is waiting for her to claim the Crown.
If she does, that captor could force her to command Stellan to surrender his heartblood and steal the Blood King's power.
Survival means trusting a king who first saw her as his way out, while failure would make her the weapon that kills him.
