Ties of Blood

Katelina gave up her mortal life to follow Jorick into the shadows, but escaping the past isn't so simple. A disastrous visit to her mother drags danger to her doorstep, plunging them into the orbit of Verchiel—an erratic vampire who is suspiciously eager to befriend them.Though they manage to escape him, they can't get away from Malick and his twisted games. Dragged to the Citadel, Katelina must face the ancient master and answer for the laws she's broken.Yet the greatest terror isn't waiting in the Guild's echoing halls. Malevolent eyes follow her in the dark, their hatred cold and focused. Though no one else believes her, Katelina knows she's being stalked by a relentless hunter who won't stop until her new world is torn apart in a nightmare of blood.