I went to the Forbidden Tomb to find a poison. Instead, I woke up a monster. Lyra is a rebel alchemist with a secret: her blood is the only cure for the vampire’s madness. Kaelo is the First King, a pureblood predator who has slept for a thousand years. He is cruel. He is lethal. And he is starving. When Lyra’s blood accidentally wakes him from his eternal slumber, she expects to die. But Kaelo doesn't drain her. He claims her. "You woke me up, little alchemist," he whispered against her neck. "Now, you must feed the hunger." He is the disease that destroyed the world. She is the cure he refuses to let go. And in a game of blood and poison, falling in love is the deadliest mistake of all.