Why don’t those movies and books ever talk about the pain? They hint at it. Gloss over it. Do a Rocky montage thing, and you wind up on the other side of it without really knowing what happened. Except that’s not real life.

Welcome to being a vampire, where every lesson is lined with pain.

My name is Alissa, and I’m a fledgling vampire. An inordinately strong one, true, yet I still follow my master, Mistress Iva. She has the knowledge that I need to make it in this world, and that means I stay with her. Even though everyone expects me to walk away at every turn.

Yet I can’t do that.

My life is heading in the right direction. I have friends again. A growing family. My focuses. I have a life, where before I was tortured to death, I only thought I had one.

And yet things are changing. Due to inheriting everything from my grandfather, I’m being thrown into the deep end of the pool in the vampire world, and they don’t want to play nice with the newborn. Can I survive meeting with them? Or will their combined power crush me and leave me in the dust?

No matter, they’re coming for me regardless of what I want. I may be able to find the silver linings and learn from them so far, I’m just not sure that’ll be enough this time around. Because when demons and master vampires come to play, you need more than power and luck behind you.

Please note: this book is not recommended for any readers below the age of 18 due to sex and violence.