I’m Elena Vale, a vampire who has been branded “tainted blood” by my own kind since childhood.
In my previous life, I gave birth to my daughter, Luna, beneath the Blood Moon. But the moment her father, Damian, saw the gray birthmark on her shoulder, he declared her bloodline impure. No matter how desperately I begged, he showed us no mercy. That night, I lost my daughter—and my own life with her.
When I opened my eyes again, I had somehow returned to the very moment Damian severed our blood bond before the entire vampire nobility. My sister, Serena, stood beside him, one hand resting on her growing belly and a victorious smile on her face.
This time, I didn’t beg.
Instead, I chose the man the entire vampire world had cast aside—an outcast just like me. Everyone feared the uncontrollable power running through his veins.
But the moment his blood mingled with mine, a silver crescent appeared on my neck.
In the next instant, every elder in the room dropped to their knees.
And for the first time, Damian’s father looked at me with fear in his eyes.
