Centuries of immortality can drain the heart of any creature. In Victorian times, a solitary vampire spends his nights abducting young women to ease the eternal tedium of his existence. None of them last long. Until Cassandra arrives. Trapped in his castle, she discovers her captor is as cruel as he is fascinating, a monster who was once human. What should be just fear slowly begins to morph into something more complicated... something neither of them knows how to name. But time is not on their side. The disease is advancing, and the only way for them to stay together involves a deadly risk. Because becoming a vampire doesn't always mean survival. Content warning: dark themes, violence, non-consensual situations, vampire fiction.