Crimson Bond

The Vyreline bloodline has always been feared - not for its power, but for its men.
For centuries, only sons inherited the Catalyst Condition, a hereditary instinct that twists love into fixation, devotion into obsession, and protection into something far more violent.
Daughters of the family were always normal. Safe. Untouched by the curse.

Until twins were born.

Mal and Zalen Vyreline -
the first girls in the history of their bloodline to inherit the condition.

Raised in secrecy, taught to suppress their instincts, the sisters were warned their emotions would not develop like anyone else's. Their hearts do not open gently - they snap awake. Their devotion does not grow slowly - it consumes. Their protectiveness does not waver - it sharpens into something lethal.

Everything changes when they enroll at Black Veil Academy, a prestigious school hiding far more darkness than its polished halls suggest.

Mal, the older twin, awakens first.
Quiet. Calculating. Controlled.
Her heart stirs for Zac, whose presence soothes the chaos she constantly battles. Mal avoids bloodshed when she can, preferring manipulation, rumors, psychological pressure - anything that removes a rival without leaving a corpse behind.
But when subtlety fails, she turns to the only person she trusts with life and death:

Her little sister.

Zalen, the younger twin, is the storm the family feared.
Sadistic. Fearless. Beautifully unpredictable.
Her condition erupts the moment she meets Slimjim, the boy who becomes her everything. For him, she will smile sweetly. Lie effortlessly. Spill blood happily.
Zalen doesn't hesitate.
Zalen doesn't regret.

Two sisters bound by blood.
Two hearts awakened by love.
Two instincts sharpened by obsession.
One unbreakable Crimson Bond.