Ethics of A Monster

"Sometimes, darkness requires something much darker to defeat it."

Locked behind the sterile volcanic stone of the Grey-Stone Academy for Moral Refinement-an elite school that claims to teach the insane to be sane-Selah James is considered a model student. To the wardens and the clinical gaze of Dr. Marlowe, she is a compliant doll muted by chemical restraints. They believe the cage has won. They have no idea the executioner is already in the parlor.

To the academy, he is Professor Solomon, the cold ethics teacher brought in to lecture on morality. But beneath the academic guise lies the ancient, lethal fire of Malachai St. Germaine-an immortal monster who has infiltrated Grey-Stone to collect a blood debt centuries in the making. He is a predator among livestock, a morally black alpha willing to burn the world to ash for what was taken from him, his partner, and Seraphina.

While the other students cower, Selah doesn't seek a white knight. She is a volatile force of nature-a mad hatter capable of tearing the world down by his side, unmoored by the dark joy of the slaughter. When their paths collide, an intense, monstrous desire ignites a visceral, bloody campaign of revenge. Through a sequence of three brutal, sacred blood exchanges, Malachai watches his fragile light unravel into something terrifyingly unhinged. Two-thirds of the way into the dark, the games have officially begun.

⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: This extremely dark, morally black romance is for mature audiences only. It contains highly graphic content that will make some readers uncomfortable, including: visceral descriptions of physical torture, brutal murder, dismemberment, explicit references to and depictions of non-consent and child abuse, severe psychological horror, and explicit adult scenes featuring strong BDSM elements and blood play. Reader discretion is absolute.