In Blackridge, where werewolves, vampires, and witches rule together, vampire heiress Elara enters a marital blood bond with werewolf Alpha Kael to preserve peace among the three races. The bond makes them share pain and power, but not trust. Elara has loved Kael since they were young, yet he believes she harmed his former love, Selene, five years ago. For three years of marriage, he treats Elara with nothing but coldness and control. When Elara discovers she is pregnant, Kael forces her to give up her precious moonblood to save Selene. Soon afterward, Elara's father is framed in a tainted-blood scandal and dies unjustly, while Selene moves into the castle and repeatedly schemes against her. Humiliated and mistrusted, Elara asks several times to dissolve the blood bond, only for Kael to threaten her mother and brother. With the help of Rowan, a witch healer, she tries to escape, but is forced to return to protect her family. When her unborn child is revealed to be the Eclipse Chil
