A sellsword with a haunting past that follows her every day. Only a handful of people know about it. Every day, her life hangs in a thread. Can she hide her true self forever from everyone, and herself? A mermaid princess left her home for the woman she had loved since she was a child. She vowed to protect her, in life and death. She loves her more than anything and would die for her. Can she carry out her vow? A highborn lady was taken away from her home and forced to marry the second most powerful man in their land. But there was a prophecy she knew she needed to fulfill. A prophecy that intertwines her with a certain woman and she instantly feels their connection. Can she fulfill her destiny? What happens when their lives collide? Content Warning: This work contains graphic violence and explicit sexual scenarios. Reader discretion is advised.

An unexpected incident turned Jean's life around. Her cousin-the Countess of Auckland and South Pacific Rim-and her cousin's mate raised her as their own after she was turned. Her human friends and family knew her as Jean Lawrence. But to the vampires, she was Jean Knightley, the Countess's Heir. ***Content Warning: This story contains scenes with graphic displays of violence, including depictions of physical harm, blood, and injury. It also includes explicit sexual content and descriptions of intimate encounters between characters. Additionally, the narrative includes mentions of self-harm and references to suicide. Reader discretion is advised.***

Clara’s summer plans of getting her driver’s license and lounging by the pool are instantly shattered when her mother and father are offered the opportunity to study a rare butterfly in the Amazon Rainforest. When Clara and her younger brother Liam are unceremoniously dropped off at their grandparent’s technology-free farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, things quickly go from bad to worse. In addition to coming down with a terrible case of the flu, Clara begins to hear strange unexplained sounds at night, she is locked into her bedroom every night, and her brother is given strict rules about where he can explore on his grandparent’s expansive property. Clara’s concern turns to pure terror when she and Liam find their grandfather reading the morning paper at the dining room table, covered in blood with a long kitchen knife in one hand. Petrified, Clara and Liam burst past their grandfather and race into the forbidden woods surrounding the farmhouse. Are things as they appear? Is their grandfather a murderer? Will Clara and Liam find their way to safety?