Jade Eadwald is a peculiar teenager, living with neglectful, multi-billionaire parents who hoard a load of shady secrets, and a dark past they would do anything to keep their only daughter from finding out.

The Eadwald's move from house to house every year, constantly attempting to leave their past behind. But this fall, they have decided to move back to London, where it all began, for reasons unknown, and Jade is in for a school term she might not survive through.

Jade is set to join a school called 'Bloodstone Academy' for the fall term, and unknown to her, behind the ancient stone-walls of the castle, lies a whole new, dark and dangerous world she will inevitably come to be a part of.

'The Vampires of Ruin' have come to reside within the walls of Bloodstone Academy, and they seem to be on the hunt for something, or rather, someone important.

The Blood Prophecy that was once told a hundred years ago has been retold by another witch from the Almathea coven, and vampires all over the world have grown agitated. Tension that's been building up for a century is at its peak, and The Vampires of Ruin are relentless in their search for the one the Prophecy speaks of.

Until Jade walks into the hallways of Bloodstone Academy on an early September autumn morning, with a cold, indifferent expression on her stunning face.

Wild-haired, dark-skinned with a mysterious, radiant beauty that makes the world swoon, Jade quickly catches the attention of everyone in Bloodstone Academy. But especially that of two vampires; Vasilis Wang and Roman Augustus. 

Suddenly finding herself trapped in the webs of a dangerous love triangle, Jade realizes the boys she's falling for are not human, and her new school is no regular high-school either. 

Something bigger than all of them, and the affections they've come to harbor for one another is brewing just beneath the surface of their collective consciousness, and Jade seems to be the sole catalyst to a disastrous event that will come to threaten the existence of all Vampires. 

Bloody, dark secrets are suddenly being dug out of graves and tombstones, and the Eadwalds' family secrets seem to be right in the mix, too.

Will Jade survive being in the center of so much turmoil and destruction? Or will her heart be able to bear loving two immortals she might end up having to destroy?



WARNING: This book contains mature content. [see trigger warnings below!]



Trigger warnings: 

Mature content. 
Use of profanity, cigarettes, weed and implied alcohol abuse.
Strong depictions of mental illnesses [depression, anxiety, undiagnosed bipolar disorder, etc.]
Torture. [Explicit descriptions of torture techniques/devices]
Explicit and grotesque descriptions of murder/death.
Explicit descriptions of blood and gore.
Non-explicit mentions of grooming and rape.
Mentions of self-harm/suicide.
Depictions of self-harm/suicide attempts/suicidal ideations.

The words left my mouth with a such a glass-shattering catatonic wave of condemnation, it was almost worse than the first moment I woke up as an immortal and realized what monster I had become.


I'd never thought anything could be worse than that moment. But I stood there in the middle of Jade's room, watching helplessly as she backed away from me. And I realized that there were things far worse than hell. 


Having her see me for what I truly was. A monstrosity. A beast who did not deserve life as I had it. 


I half expected her to either dash through the door, screaming at the top of her lungs to go call the police, or to burst into laughter and tell me I had lost my mind—which would not be untrue.


But we simply stood there in silence for what felt like eons. Her eyes flared wide with shock, then clouded with fear, then confusion, then silent calculation.


Chapter 38 - A Vampire.