The Hollowborn have gone quiet, but silence in Chimera Cross is never peace.

Roma Namari’s empathy has evolved into something vast and uncontrollable—every heartbeat in the city hums beneath her skin, every sorrow cuts like a blade. The curse that binds her to Rhydan Thorne—the Vampire King who cannot feel—should have been her undoing. Instead, it keeps the fire in her veins from consuming her whole.

But distance is the only way he knows to protect her, and his silence is starting to ache like betrayal.

As ley fractures spread through the streets and old Choir magic resurfaces, the Weave itself begins to falter. Shadow cults rise, Houses turn against one another, and an ancient name stirs in the dark—waiting for the bond between light and hunger to break.

In a city built on blood and resonance, love is the most dangerous power of all.
And this time, the shadows aren’t coming for her heart.
They’re coming for her soul.