Marked by Blood and Fire
Book One of the Blood and Fire Saga by R.F. Dawn
Seattle rain hides many secrets-some of them centuries old.
Lilah Brood has spent her life drowning in other people's thoughts. As a telepathic vampire without a clan or mentor, she's learned to survive the noise by keeping her distance from everyone-especially humans. But when a storm brings a stranger to her path, the world goes silent. For the first time in her life, she can't hear a single thought.
Damon Strong is no ordinary man. A time-tethered guardian marked by magic and regret, he's crossed centuries to find the woman destined to reshape the world. Their connection is instant, elemental-and forbidden. When Lilah's dormant bloodline awakens, it exposes her as the last heir of a vanished House whose power once ruled the magical world. Now every faction that hid in the shadows wants her dead... or under their control.
As the Fold, the ruling magical council, hunts her growing power, Lilah and Damon are forced into an uneasy alliance that burns into something far more dangerous. Their souls are bound by prophecy; their hearts are caught between duty and desire. To save each other, they must face monsters born of shadow, councils built on lies, and a destiny written in blood.
But awakening her magic comes with a cost-and the closer Lilah draws to Damon, the closer she comes to unraveling the fragile barrier between worlds.
Love was never meant to save them.
It was meant to start the fire.