SILVER & BONE

Vera fights twice as hard to be half as good. As the adopted daughter of Silas Vane-the most ruthless vampire hunter alive-her life is bruised ribs and cold mud and the long silence after a kill where his eyes never quite find hers. Silas moves like the dark was built around him. Vera is always a half-step behind.

Silas calls it protection. He pulled strings at the Guild - quietly, efficiently, the way he does everything - and had her cut off from weaponized silver. His revolvers are loaded with the real thing. Vera carries plain steel and a lot of nerve.

She thought she was just human. She thought she was safe.

Until an encounter with an ancient evil changes her blood.

Vera wakes up strong - genuinely, terrifyingly strong - and knows immediately it's a death sentence. She's watched Silas work. She knows what he does to things with fangs. If he ever sees hers, he won't look at her differently. He'll just aim lower.

Starving and on the run, she has only one anchor left.

Finn Sterling.

He was supposed to be her rookie partner. Now he's her accomplice - and her only source of blood. Finn has the kind of smile that makes bad ideas feel survivable. In a world where silver burns, he's the only one who doesn't flinch when she reaches for him. He promised to protect her. He just didn't know what that would cost him.

Finn will bleed to keep her alive. Silas will burn everything else to make sure she isn't. The hunt is on - and this time, Vera is what's being hunted.