Dr. Elena Voss has spent her life walking the line between the living and the supernatural. Trained to heal minds scarred by possession and trauma, she has faced darkness most would flee from, and survived. But nothing in her experience could prepare her for Max.
By day, he is quiet, gentle, almost painfully ordinary, a man who seems lost in his own life. By night, he becomes something else entirely. A demon awakens within him: charming, terrifying, unpredictable, and merciless. It delights in the suffering of others, feeding on fear, chaos, and blood, and yet, Elena is the first person it cannot dominate. Fearless, unflinching, and intriguing, she becomes an obsession the demon cannot resist.
In the haunted halls of St. Catharine’s Asylum, a place meant to contain the mentally unstable, Max’s other self rules unchecked. The patients tremble at his presence, the staff whispers about the impossible, and Elena must navigate the terrifying divide between the man she sees and the monster that lurks within.
As the nights grow darker, Elena realizes this is no ordinary battle of good versus evil. The demon does not merely want to survive—it wants her. And even when she thinks she has banished it, she will discover that some darkness cannot be tamed, some obsessions cannot be broken, and some monsters are only just beginning their hunt.
