The Blood Broker

The truth cost him everything. Keeping her alive might cost more.Adrian Veyra broke the oldest law his world has ever known: he told a human what he really is. Now he's lost his House, his title, and every resource he once commanded-and the woman he sacrificed it all for is still in danger.Elena Marquez never wanted any of this. Not the vampire boyfriend, not the ancient bloodline running through her own veins, and certainly not the attention of a black-market broker who deals exclusively in information too dangerous for anyone else to touch. But her mother's murder is still unsolved, and the answers are buried somewhere in a world Elena is only beginning to understand.When the price of the truth turns out to be more than either of them bargained for, Elena and Adrian are forced into an uneasy alliance with people who owe loyalty to no one-including a broker who may know more about Elena's family than she does herself. As the walls close in, one man has been waiting decades for exactly this moment: Alaric Bellac doesn't want to study what Elena carries in her blood.He wants to sell it.With her sister pulled into the crossfire, an old friendship shattered by betrayal, and a secret from her father's side of the family finally coming to light, Elena will have to decide exactly how much of herself she's willing to trade to survive-and what she's willing to become to protect the people she loves.The Blood Broker is Book Two in the Covenant of Blood series-a world of ancient Houses, forbidden bloodlines, and a love that was never supposed to happen.Some secrets are worth killing for. Others are worth becoming a monster to keep.