Cancer was supposed to kill me.

At fifteen years old, doctors diagnosed me with a rare brain tumor and gave me five years to live. With my future already written, I made a desperate choice. I struck a deal with something that wasn’t quite the Devil—but close enough.

The offer was simple: eternal life.

The price? One year of service to a powerful vampire duke named Godric.

One year seemed like nothing in exchange for forever.

But forever comes with consequences.

Two years later, I know the truth about what I’ve become. I live in the shadows, cut off from everyone I once loved. My family believes I’m gone, my friends are part of a life I can never return to, and every night I’m reminded that immortality isn’t a gift—it’s a curse.

Now Godric has come to collect on the deal I thought I could escape.

When I refuse his summons, his hunters descend on me without mercy. They tear apart the fragile life I’ve tried to rebuild and leave devastation in their wake. No one defies Godric. No one survives doing it.

But I’ve already lost everything.

This isn’t a second chance at life. It’s a prison.

And the only way to escape it is to destroy the monster who made me.

Godric gave me eternity.

Now I’m going to make sure he doesn’t live to see another night.