If I die, it will be in May. Ever since a centipede spirit slaughtered her family at a mountain lodge, Siana Verlaine has lived under a curse: when the wisteria blooms, death comes for her. Now she works for the Noctis Agency — a secret organization that hunts spirits — as a Soulcatcher, partnering with Kaelen Ashford, a Seer who can see the moment anyone will die. Their latest case: a murdered woman at Trinity Cross, a psychopath neighbor, and a cult called the Serpent's Circle performing human sacrifices in the city shadows. But the deeper they dig, the closer Siana gets to the truth of her own family's massacre — and the spirit that still wants her dead. Then Kaelen makes an offer no one should accept: "Beg me. Say you want to live." He can save her from May. His price is simple: her life and death belong to him from now on. A dangerous man with burning possessiveness. A woman marked by ghosts. A bargain written in blood. She wanted to survive. He wanted to own her. The cult wanted them both gone.