The vampire he's sworn to kill was once the woman he couldn't save.
For a hundred years, Vane Valkinar has slain monsters without mercy. There was none when they murdered his mother—and his pupil, Tory.
He swore vengeance on the vampire lord who commands the thralls that took Tory’s life. So when he captures one of those vampires, ready to pry for answers, he doesn't expect to hesitate.
But he knows her.
She’s the missing woman he and Tory were searching for the night Tory died—a living reminder of his greatest failure.
And the closer he gets to her, the more he wonders:
Can he uphold his oath to kill all monsters… when one has the face of someone he couldn't save?