From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of A TERRIBLE LOVE comes vampire alpha warriors who seek human women of Druid descent as mates... will they claim the rare bloods before extinction threatens their species? Baird has been captured by the powerful Druid priests after they discover what he is: A Reaper. Pure Druid females must be hidden from all vampire. Each Reaper that is eliminated, makes the available pool of Reaper Warriors smaller. Imogen, a powerful Druid priestess, has assembled a secret female sect of Druid women who hold the essential genetic spark to produce a new species of humans; hybrid Druid vampires. On the chasm of a blood rite that will seal the pact between Reaper and Druid, Baird is captured by the Druid priests to be burned alive in a ceremony of fertility. When a young Druid female, Siana, allows Baird's escape, she faces a horrific punishment as a result. Can Baird rescue Siana from a brutal end and salvage the sacred promise of two factions so they may unite?