Sliding through the shadows of the Southern Kingdom, I have one Avenge my brother's death, but then she appears before me...Princess Ember Graysen...Just thinking her name makes my chest tighten with unnamed longing.She's a vampire halfling like me, but my sworn enemy. Yet, I cannot deny the magnetic pull I feel toward her. She's fire and passion personified, a beacon in my world of darkness. With every passing moment I spend stalking her through the shadows, the ice encasing my heart begins to thaw.But I must not let myself be swayed by her. She's nothing but a tool for my vengeance, a pawn in this deadly game I'm playing. I have vowed to avenge my brother's murder, and nothing will deter me from fulfilling that vow.Yet, despite my best efforts, I find myself falling headlong into her enchanting vortex. Her touch kindles a fire within me that I had thought long extinguished. Her eyes are akin to a siren's call, tempting me to abandon my quest for revenge and stake my claim on her instead.I'm torn between duty and desire; trapped between the past and an unforeseen future. As the stakes rise, the moon's glow shines upon how much I need her beside me, even if it means betraying everything I once held dear.Princess Ember may have been my enemy, but now she is my salvation; and I will kill anyone necessary to protect what's mine.