Aleric Thorne was sealed away for a thousand years. Now he’s awake—and the world is bleeding.Alaric Thorne isn’t just a vampire. He’s the 4th Son of the Originals, cursed to decay, haunted by the soul he stole, and drawn to a girl who smells like lavender and death. Clara looks exactly like Isolde—the woman he died for. But she’s not just a lookalike. She’s the seventh Vessel. And the Blood-Tree wants her.At Blackwood Academy, Alaric is a predator in a school uniform. He doesn’t eat. He doesn’t sleep. He doesn’t belong. But he’s rich enough to buy the town, fast enough to break bones, and broken enough to fall in love again.Every kiss is a countdown. Every chapter is a funeral. And when the Tree wakes… someone must die.