A gothic fantasy where the curse shatters-and love becomes the final rebellion.The Vampire Council is falling. The city burns with uprising. And at the center stands Tessa Cole-hybrid, heir, symbol of a prophecy that will either set the world free or drown it in blood.With her powers fully awakened and old truths rising from the shadows, Tessa must choose between survival and sacrifice, vengeance and mercy. Beside her, Isolde walks the knife-edge of loyalty and love-rogue vampire, hunted traitor, and the only one who has never asked Tessa to be anything but herself.But the cost of defiance grows steeper by the day. Enemies rise from within. Allies fracture. And in the city's deepest sanctums, the final rite is being prepared-one that could sever the bond between them forever.