Carter

He was the fixer the supernatural underworld couldn't run without. She was the one human variable he never saw coming. Carter is a vampire boss who rules the Chicago sectors with an iron fist, balancing corporate crises and ancient alliances while watching everyone around him find their fated legacies. He handles the business, secures the blocks, and keeps his emotions locked in the dark-until a routine trip to New York brings him face-to-face with a ruthless human faction and a girl who turns his entire world to fire. Tamia is stubborn, fiercely independent, and raised on her father's bitter rule that supernaturals are nothing but predators to be exploited. When she storms into Manhattan to hunt down the truth about her missing brother, she expects a fight. She doesn't expect to be slammed by an ancient blood tie to a red-eyed strategist who refuses to let her go. Trapped in a lethal layout of corporate greed, family betrayals, and deep-rooted hatred, Tamia is forced back to Chicago to face a marriage she hates, while Carter prepares to tear the city apart to claim what belongs to him. The peace talks are on the table, the human syndicates are armed to the teeth, and the streets of Chicago are about to burn.