Kairo Blackwell has spent years suppressing the darkness inside him with pills. As the potential heir to Neo City’s weakest clan, losing control could cost him his future or turn him into the monster his family already fears.
Elara Ironvale has been raised to become the perfect heir: disciplined, dangerous, and loyal to the most powerful clan in the city. Her life belongs to her family, including the marriage her father intends to arrange. But beneath her flawless control, a mysterious curse is beginning to bloom.
When Kairo and Elara meet at Neo University, neither knows the other’s true identity. Their attraction quickly becomes something darker. Instead of fearing Kairo’s brutality, Elara encourages it.
But Neo University is not merely a place of education. Hidden factions move through its halls, a stolen Artifact is transforming people into unnatural ghouls, and an unknown enemy has taken a disturbing interest in Elara. As tensions between the Great Clans rise, Kairo learns that the woman he desires is connected to the Ironvales––the family he has sworn to destroy.
To keep him, Elara creates the perfect lie.
Yet secrets cannot remain buried forever. And when the truth blooms, their love may not unite their families.
It may begin a war.