Grace Wilder has spent her life running. From foster homes, from dead ends, from anything that tried to own her. This time, she is running from something that understands exactly what she is worth. It finds her anyway. After a betrayal from her mentor and a brutal attack that leaves him dead, Grace stumbles into Velmore, a town that does not exist and should never have let her in. Hidden behind a supernatural ward, it is a sanctuary for the Marked, ruled by the Hellbound Riders, a motorcycle club older than most empires. The hellbound riders do not answer to law, they answer to one man. Kent. He knows the moment she walks in that she is something rare, something dangerous. A Conduit. A weapon the world thought extinct. And now everyone wants her. Kent offers protection, but it comes with rules and a presence that begins to unravel her. He is control carved into flesh, a man who has not wanted anything in two centuries. Until her. Their connection is volatile and impossible to ignore, every touch pushing them closer to something neither can survive. The Collector is coming and Grace has one choice left. Keep running. Or stay and burn with the man who might destroy her just by loving her. #Starywritingmarathon