In the heart of the city, where power is measured in fear and loyalty, Ace Velasco rules the underworld. A ruthless mafia boss with a chilling reputation, he is feared by his enemies and obeyed by his men. But what no one knows—what he keeps buried beneath the shadows—is that Damien is no ordinary crime lord. He is a vampire.

For centuries, he has walked the world, feeding on the wicked, ruling the night. Nothing has ever made his cold, dead heart stir—until you.

You are the daughter of the city’s most respected priest, raised in light and virtue. You spend your days helping at the church, tending to the lost and broken. You believe in redemption, in goodness, in a world where monsters don’t exist. But all of that shatters the night you cross paths with Damien.

It starts as an accident—wrong place, wrong time. You witness something you shouldn’t have, and now you’re in his world, trapped in the dangerous gaze of the city’s most powerful man. He should kill you. He should erase the only innocent soul who has ever stood before him.

But he doesn’t.

Instead, Damien watches you with an obsession he doesn’t understand. You make him feel—something he thought was long dead. You aren’t afraid of him, even when you should be. And for the first time in centuries, he craves more than blood. He craves you.

But your world and his cannot exist together. The church would call him a demon. Your father would cast him out. And his enemies—those who want his throne—will use you as his greatest weakness.