Book 2 || Adventures of Wala series || **FIRST DRAFT** Lyla Feyton is a healer, an alchemist, and, when backed into a corner, a fighter. When she meets Quinnton Acker, her skills are put to the test around every corner. Some call Quinn a dreamer, others call him delusional. He likes to see himself as an adventurous romantic--and he's taking Lyla along for the ride.

Professor Rebekah Hartman was tasked with creating an antidote to the recently discovered "patient zero" of a brain deteriorating virus. Major Michael Ganz was ordered to guard this scientist with his life...he didn't need to take his orders to heart.

For centuries, Lucian Drazel Valemont, the feared Vampire King, has ruled from the shadows-immortal, untouchable, and cursed with a heart of stone. Legends speak his name with dread, for he is said to bring ruin wherever he walks. To Lucian, love is a weakness long buried with the ashes of his past. In a quiet village at the edge of his dark kingdom lives Aria Celeste Moreau, a simple girl who has always felt invisible in her own world. Gentle yet resilient, she dreams of a life beyond her small village, never imagining that destiny has already marked her as the key to breaking a king's eternal curse. When a fateful night draws her into the Vampire King's path, their worlds collide. Aria should fear him, yet she finds herself captivated by the man behind the monster. And for Lucian, Aria is a dangerous temptation-the light that threatens to shatter his carefully built darkness. But their love is forbidden. Humans call him a monster. Vampires call her a weakness. Together, they must defy a world set against them, uncover the truth of Aria's hidden bloodline, and face the prophecy that binds their souls. In the clash between eternal night and fragile dawn, only one question remains: Will their love be strong enough to break the curse-or will it destroy them both?