The “he” is Silas Crowe: ancient, untouchable, the primordial vampire whose name is spoken only in whispers. For centuries the Order has hunted him as Patient Zero, the source of every bloodline. Now Nova is turning, and the only blood potent enough to reverse the transformation before the next full moon belongs to the very monster who sired her.
Trapped in a body that craves what it was born to destroy, Nova is forced into an uneasy alliance with Silas. He claims he intervened to stop a rogue faction inside the Order that wants her dead for what she’s become, and perhaps for what she knows. As hunger gnaws at her sanity, Nova must navigate Silas’s labyrinthine world of immortal courts, black-market blood dealers, and centuries-old vendettas while deciding whether the greater betrayal was her turning, or the secrets the Order kept from its deadliest blade.
Each night she grows stronger, faster, more monstrous; each dawn Silas grows more necessary. Attraction and revulsion blur. Trust is a luxury neither predator can afford. In a race against the final night of the blood moon, Nova must choose: kill the only creature who can save her, or become the weapon that ends both vampire and hunter forever.