War is coming to Chimera Cross—where magic feeds on emotion, and a shadow older than death is rising.

Roma Namari feels everything. Fear, desire, grief—if someone near her feels it, she tastes it like blood in her mouth. In the fractured city of Chimera Cross, her empathy is both survival and curse. She’s spent her life hiding behind walls of control… until a violent surge of null magic tears through the city and shoves her into the path of Rhydan Thorne.

Rhydan feels nothing. Cursed as the Hollow King, the vampire lord has kept his city from collapsing under the threat of the Hollowborn—monsters that devour magic and leave only absence behind. But this new magic is different. Smarter. Hungry. And it’s choosing its prey.

When the ley lines fracture and an ancient enemy begins unraveling the threads of the world, Roma and Rhydan are bound together by a volatile, forbidden resonance—fire against hollow, feeling against void. The closer they draw to the truth behind the attacks, the clearer it becomes:

The enemy isn’t just hunting the city.
It’s hunting them.

If they can’t master their bond and face the shadow rising beneath Chimera Cross, the city will fall… and the Weave of the world might fall with it.

Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Ilona Andrews, and dark, slow-burn urban fantasy romance.
Book One of the Chimera Cross Series.