“Who is Dante Valemont?”
That’s the question the internet can’t stop asking.

He’s the billionaire every woman wants; dark suit, darker eyes, and a fortune older than America itself.
They say his father, grandfather, and every Valemont before him looked exactly like him.
Or maybe… he is the same man.

Some say he sold his soul to the devil.
Others swear he is the devil.
One thing is certain: Dante Valemont doesn’t die.

Women crave him. Men fear him. No one dares cross the iron gates of his 200-acre estate... Until Arét James is sold to him.

Smart-mouthed. Broke. Twenty-three. She never expected to become property.
But a contract says otherwise:
366 days. No escape. No exceptions.

He tastes her fear like wine.
Touches her like he owns her soul.
Watches her like he’s waited centuries just to breathe her in.

She’s just trying to survive.
He’s a vampire who’s never known obsession until her.

In a world of secrets, betrayal, and blood… will she be his salvation, or his ruin?

Chapter 6 - The trap