WARNING: DARK AND MATURE CONTENT. Readers discretion advised.

Serena Alaric wanted nothing more than a quiet life, far from the shadows of her family’s dark past. But when masked enforcers storm her home and drag her into the clutches of the Council of Vitae, she learns her blood is the key to a deadly legacy she never asked for.


Lucian Draven is the cold and ruthless leader of a powerful mafia syndicate, cursed to endure unimaginable pain. The Council claims Serena is his only salvation. Yet beneath the Council’s polished facade lies a web of lies, experiments, and betrayal that runs far deeper than either of them imagined.


Forced into an uneasy alliance and given a time limit to produce an heir, Serena and Lucian must navigate a treacherous world of power and manipulation, where trust is a rare commodity. As they uncover the truth about the Council’s sinister plans, their hatred begins to give way to something unexpected—a bond forged in fire and blood.


But with enemies closing in from all sides and time running out, Serena and Lucian must decide: will they fight their fates, or embrace the dangerous connection that could either save them, or destroy them both?

As soon as Serena was completely bare, Salvador lost control of himself. Every ounce of restraint he had summoned evaporated into thin air. The very moment her clothes fell away, revealing her full form, something primal overtook him. He forgot everything he had been instructed to do next. The plans, the purpose of being in that room, the command he had been given, it all slipped from his grasp the second his gaze locked onto her. His eyes trailed across her body, spellbound by her smooth skin, her curves, the way she stood there with quiet obedience, waiting for his next instruction.


Chapter 119 - War of the mind