During the once-in-a-decade Blood Moon Offering, a girl is chosen to be sacrificed to the vampires. No one ever returns. Aria Blake, 21, an orphaned outcast from her village, never believed the legends until her name is drawn. But when she's delivered to the Vampire High Court, death does not await her. Prince Lucien Virelith, cold, powerful, and heir to the vampire throne, claims her as his Bound Bride, performing an ancient ritual that links her soul to his. She’s not just any human Aria has a rare bloodline tied to a magical ancestor that could lift a deadly curse threatening Lucien’s bloodline. Aria wants freedom. Lucien wants power and control. But the Blood Bond forces them to feel each other’s emotions and share visions, making escape and resistance harder with each passing day. As Aria’s powers awaken and palace conspiracies deepen, a deadly love blooms between them. But war is brewing, prophecies are unraveling, and fate demands a price. Is Aria destined to destroy the prince who claimed her Or become the queen who saves his world?