She was raised to fear vampires. He was never meant to feel anything at all.
Annabelle has spent her life hiding, knowing that, as a shifter, she is nothing more than prey in a kingdom ruled by vampires. When her home is burned to the ground, and she is taken to the castle, she expects cruelty—pain, maybe even death. But what she doesn’t expect is Prince Jace.
Cursed and hollow, Jace moves through life in a fog, obeying his father’s brutal rule. Annabelle should hate him. He should forget her. But in the darkness of the castle, fear turns to something far more dangerous. Annabelle begins to see the man beneath the monster, and Jace finds himself unable to let her go.
Yet outside the castle walls, war is rising. Werewolves and shifters are being slaughtered, and the King’s grip tightens. Annabelle is caught between the world that wants her dead and the vampire who might be her only chance at survival. But if she lets herself love him, will it be enough to save them both?
A haunting tale of fear, forbidden love, and a prince awakening to the one thing he was never meant to have—a heart.