I came to the Blood Court to save my mother. I left with a king’s mark burned into my soul. Kael Draven, the Vampire King, calls me his fated mate—a bond I never wanted, a title that half the court would kill me for. He says the crimson thread chose me. He says I’ll feel it too, given time. But in a court built on blood, nothing is that simple. There’s a prophecy about a tri-blood girl who will tear down the old powers. There’s a witch who’s waited a thousand years for the blood in my veins. And there’s the cold truth I’ve hidden since the night I crossed the border: I am not as human as I look. The king wants my heart—but he doesn’t know the price. The witch wants my blood—she’d better pray she can take it. And the only one who knows my secret? The one person I can never, ever let him near. Because if Kael ever gets close to him, this whole throne of lies will burn— and we’ll all go down with it.