"When the Hales are hit by a devastating downfall, Vera is left carrying her family’s blood debt. Betrayed by her own uncle, Harold, she is handed over to Lucien, a ruthless vampire lord, as payment for what her family owes. Taken to the deadly Voss Manor, Vera becomes a hostage trapped in a world where Lucien’s cold control is only the beginning of her nightmare.
But Vera refuses to become anyone’s prey. While enduring the vampire family’s brutal confinement and humiliation, she secretly investigates her father’s murder. As hidden clues surface, she uncovers a web of family grudges, greed, and deadly financial schemes. And her enemies run deeper than the uncle who betrayed her—someone far more dangerous is pulling the strings from the shadows: Matteo.
