Raising a blue-eyed toddler on her own, Elena—an orphan from a fishing village—had long since forgotten the face of the child's father.
Yet, on the very day she was to be married, a drenched monster with slit-pupil eyes barged into the ceremony, imperiously asserting his claim over both the child and his "mate."
Before her mind could even process the situation, her body had already recognized him.
He had returned to reclaim his wife and child—for time was running out; if he failed to take them away, his bloodline would vanish from the land forever.
