A human girl in Mystic Falls chooses to stay when everything turns supernatural—and pays for it. Iris Whitlock becomes the quiet backbone of her friends’ chaos until one mistake costs her everything, and Damon Salvatore is forced to save her in the only way he can. But his blood doesn’t just turn her—it binds her to him. Now caught between what she feels and what she’s being pulled toward, Iris has to fight for control over her own mind, her own choices, and the dangerous connection growing between her and the one person she can’t trust to let her go.