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The late-summer air carried the scent of lilacs and freshly cut grass, a sweetness that lingered in the fading light. Claire brushed a stray strand of chestnut hair from her face as she hurried down the old cobblestone path toward the library. Her heels clicked against the stone, echoing in the quiet stillness of the town square.

Captain Alastair Carrick is a man of duty. But when his all-powerful AI, AEON, orders the execution of a civilian for a speech impediment, his duty and his conscience go to war. His decision to defy the order is logged as treason. His command is throttled. His ship is isolated. A silent "compliance" vessel, the Cardinal Virtue, arrives to pass judgment. Yet the true threat is not the AI or the Imperial fleet. It is the alien object they are both watching.

Elara has broken the bell, silenced the gods’ warning, and woken the hunger that waits beneath Thornmere. Now the village stands on the knife’s edge—between fire and shadow, salvation and ruin. The parson calls for blood to appease the darkness. The villagers whisper of curses and pray to anything that might listen. And in the growing silence, two forces pull at Elara’s soul: the wolf who would burn with her to keep her whole, and the vampire lord who offers her control—at a price.