Her nightmares began with him... It is 2100, and the first Rare One since two hundred years is discovered in the city of Argonizeria in Zed. Scarlett Kelly couldn't have had a more perfect life. Living almost problem-free, she'd had no personal experience with pain or loss. Everything changes one night. All Seldoren wants is to keep his loved ones safe. He can't bear to relive the horror and pain of his past at the hands of the Trio, who are vampires, from the planet Van. Centuries ago, they forced him to be their slave and provide them human blood to take back to their planet. In particular, they seek the blood of a Rare One. Scarlett sees herself as a prisoner after she is kidnapped. When her kidnapper says he means her no harm, she assumes he is playing cruel and cunning games with her... but she slowly discovers that nothing is what it seems.

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒊 𝑲𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒚𝒂𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔. "I told my teacher that my mumma is a neurosurgeon, and you know what she said?" Iraanya says, bouncing on her heels, eyes filled with pride. "She said doctors are gods." "Then I must be the luckiest man alive," Shaurya murmurs, looking at his wife the same way he did at seventeen- hopelessly in love. "Because I'm married to a literal goddess." 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚.