Blood. Secrets. Power.

The world of Nexus Crest is ruled by eight ancient bloodborne families.
Their laws are absolute. Their punishments are cruel.

Gabrielle Vadala—heir to one of the most powerful bloodlines—only wants to survive her first year at Nexus Crest University.

Good grades.
Good parties.
A little independence.

But Gabrielle is hiding something that breaks the oldest law as a vampire.

A law even the Sovereign cannot forgive.

Vampires cannot drink another vampire’s blood. If they do, it kills them both.

Gabrielle does it anyway.

Now bloodbornes are turning up brutally murdered across campus, their bodies displayed like twisted works of art.

Secrets are unraveling.

And the most dangerously handsome man at Nexus Crest—descended from the most powerful and disgraced bloodline in existence—is watching her very closely.