"What the fuck are you crying for?" he snapped. "What the hell makes you think I fucking care?" he retorted. "I chose you because I wanted to. But don't you fucking dare test my patience." For sweet and innocent Adriana, life had always been simple. Peaceful. Predictable. Until the day she turned eighteen. For as long as she could remember, Adriana had dreaded this moment. Every woman in her family had faced it before her, and now it was finally her turn to attend the Revendal, the annual Grand Ceremony held for the most feared and powerful vampire alive, Draven Cruz. As the last pureblood vampire, Draven was known throughout both the human and vampire worlds. Women desired him. Men feared him. His beauty was legendary, but so was his ruthless temper. Every year, he selected a Keeper from among the young women presented at the ceremony. Adriana's only wish was not to be chosen. But the moment Draven's eyes landed on her, everything changed. Out of everyone present, he wanted her. Suddenly, Adriana is pulled into a dangerous world she never wanted to enter, a world filled with powerful vampires, dark secrets, deadly enemies, and a man whose possessiveness is as terrifying as it is intoxicating. The more time she spends with Draven, the harder it becomes to ignore the undeniable connection growing between them. But can a human truly survive in the world of vampires? And when the most feared vampire alive decides he will never let her go, does she even have a choice? Sometimes the greatest danger is not the monster who chooses you. It's falling in love with him.