Six months of uneasy alliance have passed.Cain knows the vampire Nina is no longer a mindless monster, but every day, he fights the urge to finish what he started and crush the life from her throat. Their partnership hangs by a thread, bound only by a shared mission: kill the Elders. Kill them all.Nina, consumed by guilt and self-loathing, welcomes the thought of dying-after she's done what must be done. Her first target: her own sire.But their bloody hunt twists into something far worse when Agnus, a towering vampire from Cain's past, resurfaces with a single request: find his missing lover. The favor draws them into a deeper web of deception-one that ties directly to the Elders' plans.As they pursue the truth, Cain and Nina are forced to rely on each other more than ever, even as trust remains impossible. What they uncover will change everything they thought they knew about the war between human and vampire.Some alliances are forged in blood.Others are bathed in it.
Six months of uneasy alliance have passed.Cain knows the vampire Nina is no longer a mindless monster, but every day, he fights the urge to finish what he started and crush the life from her throat. Their partnership hangs by a thread, bound only by a shared mission: kill the Elders. Kill them all.Nina, consumed by guilt and self-loathing, welcomes the thought of dying-after she's done what must be done. Her first target: her own sire.But their bloody hunt twists into something far worse when Agnus, a towering vampire from Cain's past, resurfaces with a single request: find his missing lover. The favor draws them into a deeper web of deception-one that ties directly to the Elders' plans.As they pursue the truth, Cain and Nina are forced to rely on each other more than ever, even as trust remains impossible. What they uncover will change everything they thought they knew about the war between human and vampire.Some alliances are forged in blood.Others are bathed in it.
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