Betrayed by those she trusted most, Queen Eve Corvin is cast out of her throne and exiled to the human world. Stripped of her power and forced to hide among mortals, she is taken in by a kind doctor’s family and thrown into the mundane life of a high school student.Determined to remain detached, Eve suppresses her emotions and waits for an opportunity to return home. But when she befriends Hope—a girl obsessed with supernatural lore—and catches the attention of the school’s most sought-after boy, her carefully built walls begin to crack.As the months pass, Eve discovers a way back to her kingdom, where her traitorous usurper, Elsa King, struggles to maintain control. On prom night, she unveils her true identity and returns to reclaim her throne, bringing Hope along for the ride.With her overwhelming power, Eve crushes her enemies and restores order to the vampire race, but ruling comes at a cost. Years pass, and as her kingdom thrives, she realizes that the one thing she truly longs for is the normal life she left behind.When the time comes, Eve makes a choice no vampire queen ever has—she abdicates her throne, entrusting it to Hope, and walks away from power forever. But will the past let her go so easily? Or will the weight of immortality pull her back into the darkness?