Ascendant

Michael Eso only wanted to celebrate his eighteenth birthday. A night out with university friends, a little freedom, and the promise of adulthood. But fate had other plans-plans wearing the face of a breathtakingly beautiful stranger with an accent he couldn't place and a presence that felt older than the city itself.

What began as an irresistible connection quickly spiraled into something far more dangerous. In her arms, Michael felt seen, wanted, chosen. But at the moment of deepest intimacy, the truth revealed itself in blood and agony. The woman was no ordinary seductress-she was an Original, a primordial predator hidden beneath flawless skin. And her bite shattered his mortal life forever.
Left dying in her embrace, Michael is forced into a transformation he never asked for. When he awakens, he is reborn into a world of ancient clans, ruthless power structures, forbidden bonds, and creatures that stalk the night behind human faces. The woman who turned him-mysterious, mercurial, and bound to him by a supernatural instinct she refuses to explain-now stands between him and forces eager to claim or destroy him.

Thrust into a society where immortality comes with a price, Michael must confront what he is becoming, what she made him... and why she chose him in the first place.
He went out to celebrate a birthday.
He returned as something the night itself fears.