Novallia

It will take more than her adoptive aunt and two cousins to keep Nola Valerian out of trouble. Her callous emotions and fearless determination make discipline impossible. Addicted to escaping the house late at night, Nola is dead set on stalking her adoptive benefactor. Having little to no contact with the man entrusted with her safety, Nola continuously seeks out the mysterious Lord of Graelohr Manor.

The obscurities that surround Gavin Graelohr are endless. Nola has hardly met the man who decides her education and supports her family. Regardless, in recent months, curiosity has morphed into addiction. Nola's persistence signals to her sponsor that she is about to face the most devastating change of her life.

Armed with only an ancient journal, Gavin introduces Nola to a world of darkness found only in nightmares. Opening her mind to the stories of the undead, Nola is terrified to learn there is something much more dangerous than thugs and thieves lurking in the city. Worse yet, she is assumed to be one of them.

A frail version of a feared and dominant species, Nola is hunted by those who want her dead and imprisoned by those who need her alive. When the creatures of the night descend on her home, Nola is forced to meld herself with a man far more monstrous than the Vampyres that took her family.

The only price she has to pay for his assistance is eternal slavery.