A Debt of Blood: 1

The dead woman on Dr. Sable Ardent's autopsy table has two punctures in her throat, an ancient symbol carved beneath her collarbone, and Sable's name hidden inside her body.The second version of the corpse is still hungry.Sable's investigation leads her to Blackthorn House, home of the Veyr: male and female vampires who survive on freely donated blood and hunt the predatory creatures hiding among humanity. Rhydian Veyr is their most disciplined hunter, until one drop of Sable's blood awakens a hunger he cannot explain and a connection neither of them consented to make.As members of the Veyr's secret donor organization disappear, Sable uncovers a conspiracy built on centuries of inherited obligation. Someone is turning voluntary gifts into ownership, reopening the prison of an ancient appetite, and using the Ardent bloodline as a key.To stop it, Sable and Rhydian must decide whether trust can exist without control, whether love can survive hunger, and how much of a noble institution can be saved when its foundation was built on stolen blood.Darkly atmospheric, dangerous, and threaded with slow-burn romance and gallows humor, A Debt of Blood is the first book in The Veyr Chronicles.