ISIDORO I took the wrong vampire. Julian Corvath wasn’t supposed to be part of my war, but now he’s my only leverage. The son of my greatest enemy.
The key to finding a vampire who could destroy my claim to the throne. Keeping him close is dangerous. Letting him go is not an option.
So I make a choice that binds us together in the worst possible way—one that should be nothing more than a strategy. A marriage. Julian is sharp-tongued, defiant, and far too tempting.
Every moment at his side chips away at my control. Every glance lingers too long. But I have no choice when the truth about his father comes out and threatens to upturn a lot more than my own life.
Julian is a complication I can’t allow. A mistake I should have already corrected. But I’m starting to want him anyway.
JULIAN Getting kidnapped sucks. Getting kidnapped by a dangerously powerful, morally gray vampire king? Worse. Isidoro Altamirano thinks he’s in control. To him, I’m just a means to an end.
He’s so wrong. If he wants my cooperation, he plays by my rules. And once he agrees, I hold him to it.
But the longer we’re bound together—forced into trust and proximity—the harder it becomes to remember why I should hate him. Because beneath the ruthless king is something else. Something real.
Something dangerously easy to fall for. And when his attention turns possessive and I become the thing he refuses to lose, I should want out. But I’m not sure I do anymore.
