Eighteen years old Serena Rosewood lived a quiet life in a village famous for it's flowers, until one forbidden night destroy everything.
Sneaking out to celebrate her birthday was harmless to her....until masked men bathed the streets in blood.
Her three best friends are gunned down right in front of her.
Her parents are murdered trying to protect her. And Serena is dragged into a darkness she never knew existed.
A world ruled by rituals, underground empires, and curses older than dynasties.
In that world, fate has already chosen her.
Because Serena isn't just a random target, she is the daughter of one of the most feared conglomerate lords in the underworld, a bloodline powerful enough to shake nations.
And someone wants her erased.
At the center of it all stands Zavian Blackwood. The ruthless heir raised through manipulation, torture and lies.
Am imposter groomed to take another man's throne. A weapon forged by corrupt parents who stole him as a child...and his the real heir to keep their empire.
Zavian was sent to retrieve a girl for the ritual that would secure his place as future leader, but the moment Serena bumps into him at the festival, something inside him shifts. Something dangerous and humane.
When Serena's blood awakens a secret his parents have buried for eighteen years, Zavian must choose.
SERVE THE MONSTERS WHO RAISED HIM...OR PROTECT THE GIRL WHO COULD DESTROY THEM ALL.
Thrown together by fate, haunted by powerful enemies, Serena and zavian are forced into a world of secrets, brutal betrayals, and impossible choices.
He needs her to rewrite his destiny, she needs him to survive.
But in a world built on blood...
Even love is deadly.