Veins of Ash and Shadow
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Last published Sat, May 16, 2026
Lucien Virell has carried the weight of centuries and the scars of a thousand lost tomorrows. A powerful vampire lord, he's haunted by the memory of a love that time could not keep.
Cassie Hendricks is a nursing student with a past shrouded in mystery - her dreams are haunted by echoes of another life, and fragments of memories she can't place.
When a chance encounter sparks between them under a blood-red moon, Cassie feels a strange pull toward the brooding stranger, as if their souls have brushed past each other in the darkness of time. Lucien recognizes something in her eyes that he thought was forever gone - the whisper of an ancient bond. Together, they tread a path between desire and destiny.
But forbidden love never goes unnoticed. In the halls of vampire courts, dark politics stir and old enemies watch from the shadows. Shadowy creatures awaken from long slumbers, drawn to Cassie's mysterious light. Every stolen glance and secret touch binds them tighter, even as unseen forces threaten to tear them apart. In a world of reincarnation and sacrifice, Lucien and Cassie must discover whether fate will save their love - or doom them both.
Some secrets refuse to stay buried, and some loves refuse to die.
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