She woke to blood on her lips, a cursed pendant burning her skin-and a vampire king calling her his bride.Now she's carrying a child fated to destroy both their worlds. When Clara Duskgrave wakes with a cursed pendant around her neck and a stranger calling her his bride, she thinks it's a dream gone wrong-until the blood sigil burns. Alaric Vexmoor, the ruthless Vampire King, doesn't ask. He claims. Bound by a blood pact she never agreed to, Clara is dragged into a world of fangs, ancient laws, and haunting secrets. But the deeper she falls into his world, the harder it is to tell if he's her captor-or her only protection from something darker. A contract. A curse. A bloodbound marriage that may cost her everything... including her heart. Fans of dark paranormal romance, blood-pacts, and brooding immortal kings won't be able to put this down.