Tristan Corvin is the kind of vampire whose name alone silences a room. Cold, merciless, and impossible to intimidate, he rules through fear rather than loyalty. Every decision he makes is calculated, every word sharp enough to draw blood. Compassion is a weakness he buried centuries ago, leaving behind a predator who trusts no one and expects betrayal from everyone. His piercing crimson eyes rarely reveal emotion beyond quiet disdain, and his presence carries the suffocating weight of a storm waiting to break. Tristan doesn’t make threats—he makes promises, and he always keeps them. Beneath his refined manners and effortless charm lies a monster who has survived countless wars by embracing brutality. Rivals disappear without a trace, allies obey without question, and enemies quickly learn that mercy does not exist in his vocabulary. Yet hidden beneath his ruthless exterior is a past shrouded in secrets, one that forged him into the cruel immortal the world now fears. For Tristan Corvin, love is a liability, trust is an illusion, and power is the only thing worth protecting.

The person who serves the vampire king is his Shadow Regent—an elite enforcer and strategist bound to him by blood oath rather than loyalty alone. Cold, precise, and unnervingly observant, they operate where diplomacy fails and violence is inevitable. Once a noble of a lesser coven, they surrendered their title after witnessing the king’s rise. Now they manage covert alliances, eliminate threats before they surface, and ensure the fragile balance between vampire courts never collapses into open war. Beneath their controlled exterior lies a buried fear: that the forbidden bond between the king and the werewolf heir will ignite a conflict even they cannot contain.