Every night at 3:07 AM, you hear footsteps from the apartment above yours. The problem? It’s been empty for years. When curiosity finally gets the better of you, you discover Elias Veyr living inside—a beautiful, mysterious stranger who insists you leave him alone. Then you cut your finger. And Elias looks at your blood like he’s starving. He tells you he’s a vampire. You don’t believe him. Until the lights go out. Now something is hunting you, Elias knows far more about you than he should, and the closer you get to him, the more you realize his biggest secret isn’t that he’s a vampire. It’s that he thinks he’s known you before.
Silvermoon is preparing for a war no one understands—and Magister Astalor Bloodsworn has discovered a dangerous new source of power. When you’re summoned to his private sanctum, Astalor offers you a place in his mysterious experiments with Anguish: a potent essence capable of turning desperation into extraordinary magical power. But Astalor isn’t telling you everything. As strange creatures emerge, political tensions rise, and his experiments grow increasingly dangerous, you find yourself drawn deeper into a world of forbidden magic, secrets, and Silvermoon’s darkest corners. And then there’s Astalor himself. Brilliant. Dangerous. Infuriatingly charming. He claims you’re simply useful. So why does the most calculating magister in Silvermoon seem so interested in you? Some magic should never be wielded. Some feelings should never be awakened.
