(cover art made by DigitalDragonArt) What should have been a fresh start with his boyfriend turns into a blood-drenched nightmare. Overnight, the city falls. Strangers scream. The infected hunt anything that moves, completely feral to anything other than themselves. Rolen is no fighter. Just a young engineer caught in the storm. Yet something inside him has changed. Visions-terrifying, impossible glimpses of what's coming-keep dragging him forward when everything around him seems to become more and more unstable. At his side is Nathan. A combat medic. But when the infection touches him, rewriting his body instead of consuming it, survival becomes even more complicated. Because the infected are evolving. And so is Nathan. And Rolen has to decide whether the man protecting him is still human... or something new entirely.

## **The Last Beat** **One has no heart. The other is a master at breaking them.** Ren is the "Cold Surgeon"-a clinical underground assassin who turns death into a silent masterpiece. He doesn't feel, he doesn't miss, and he certainly doesn't love. Kael is a chaotic fixer with a silver tongue and a dangerous smirk. Known as the "Heart Killer," he seduces secrets out of his targets before they even realize they're in danger. When a high-stakes contract goes sideways, these two rivals are forced into a deadly alliance. But as they flee through the neon-drenched shadows of the city, the lines between predator and prey begin to blur. Behind Ren's icy exterior lies a shattered secret, and behind Kael's playful facade lies a desperate need for something real. In a world where their own organizations want them dead, they have only each other to trust. But in the game of assassins, the first one to catch feelings is usually the first one to die. **Can two killers find a pulse in a city that has none? Or will their final beat be for each other?**

Sebastien Draven is an Extreme Dominant- feared, envied, and untouchable. As heir to New York's most powerful criminal empire, he controls everything with ruthless precision. Everything-except Ivan. A dominant alpha who doesn't bow. Doesn't break. And looks at Sebastien like power is something meant to be challenged. A fragile alliance turns into something far more dangerous as desire and dominance collide. Control is tested. Boundaries blur. And the cost of wanting the wrong man may be paid in blood. Some men are born storms. Others dare to stand in them.