Tilathienne Morvelia Noctyrr has lived her life wrapped in comfort, privilege, and protection. As a pureblood vampire of one of the oldest bloodlines, her days are filled with indulgence, lessons she rarely attends, and the quiet assurance that someone else will always handle what truly matters.
But as she nears her coming-of-age, the rules she has long ignored begin to close in. Expectations of marriage, blood exchange, and political obligation threaten to reshape her life into something she neither understands nor wants. When a summons from her brother leads her toward a conversation that will change everything, Tilly finds herself standing at the edge of a world she has been carefully shielded from.
Unaware of the forces already moving against her, Tilly’s sheltered existence begins to crack—setting her on a path that will carry her beyond the safety of her bloodline, through the Veil that has hidden her from consequence, and into a future she can no longer avoid.