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.

 Soren's arm was draped casually across the man's shoulder—the man who looked like my dad—a stunning smile on her beautiful face, with a glass of champagne in her hand.


Heart in my throat, my eyes went over the black inked words scrawled on the bottom of the photo-page in cursive handwriting.


1523. 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘 𝑬𝒂𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚.


Members of the foundation? What foundation? What opening party?


I dropped the book as a cold, tingling migraine began to singe its way through my head.


What the hell were Soren and her brother doing at an event with my ancestors...


A cold feeling draped itself across my shoulders, causing me to shiver as I wrapped my arms around myself.


What did this mean? Soren knew my ancestors? And that means she's been around for what? Over five hundred years?!


Chapter 54 - The Questioning (I)