The Heart That Beats

The Heart That Beats

Junia Lilith Renata has always felt like an outsider, a young woman navigating life with the quiet ache of never knowing her mother, who died under mysterious circumstances hours after giving birth. Raised by kind but distant guardians, she's learned to ignore the whispers about her past and the unsettling way the earth seems to tremble when her emotions spiral out of control.

Now in college, Junia's life finally feels normal-or so she thinks. But when she encounters a chilling, otherworldly figure on campus, her carefully constructed reality fractures. Strange occurrences begin to escalate: cryptic messages scrawled on her dorm wall, winds howling with no cause, and dreams laced with whispered threats from a name she's never heard-Roan.

Determined to uncover the truth behind what it means to be a Whitlock, Junia is drawn into a hidden supernatural world where witches, vampires, werewolves, and hybrids unite against an ancient evil. The Old Council, a sinister group of elder vampires, seeks to enslave the supernatural world, and Junia is the key to their plans.

As Junia digs deeper, she discovers the truth about herself-she is no ordinary young woman but the last in a powerful bloodline of witches whose magic could tip the balance of power. Her birth was no accident; it was orchestrated by the Old Council, tying her fate to their dark ambitions.

But her mother left behind more than a curse-she left a legacy. With the help of unlikely allies, Junia must master her burgeoning powers, face the shadows of her past, and decide whether she will be the force to dismantle the Council's reign or fall victim to the destiny they crafted for her.

The question is no longer whether Junia can escape this world-but whether she has the strength to rise above it.

Was she really just introduced to this world, or has it always been a part of her? Is her magic the key to her freedom-or to her undoing?