The night she met him was the night her life stopped belonging to her. Nyla Carter never believed in monsters. She worked late, minded her business, and survived the rough edges of city life like everyone else. But one rainy night changes everything when she encounters a mysterious man with hypnotic eyes, midnight locs, and a presence so powerful it stops her heart. Malik Nocturne is no ordinary man. He is the **Midnight King**-an ancient vampire who has ruled the shadows for centuries. Feared by enemies and worshiped by his kind, Malik has never needed love... only loyalty and blood. Until Nyla. There's something about her that calls to the darkness inside him. Something in her blood that awakens a hunger he has never felt before. A hunger that refuses to let her go. But loving a vampire king comes with a deadly price. As enemies close in and secrets about Nyla's past begin to surface, she realizes her meeting with Malik was never an accident. Fate has bound their lives together in a way neither of them expected. Now Nyla must decide: Walk away from the man who could destroy her...Or surrender to the king who has already claimed her. Because in Malik's world, love isn't gentle. It's **forever**