He is darkness wrapped in desire. She is the light he swore to destroy. When 19-year-old Aria stumbles into the Vampire King’s forbidden court, she becomes the prize in a dangerous game of power. Damien Blackwell rules with blood and fire—no one defies him and lives. But when his hunger turns to her, the world she knows burns to ash. He says she belongs to him. He says her body, her blood, and her soul are his to claim. But what happens when surrender feels sweeter than freedom?