Eighteen-year-old Lily Isaac is a half-blood. Her father a vampire and her mother a human, Lily is seen as a lesser being from the rest of society. She doesn’t let this keep her from obtaining her one true goal in life: to become a valiant Vanguard—a vampire knight for the Palace of the Bloodprince. But earning a position as a Vanguard inside Silvercity means passing one final test: a hunt in which she must return with the claws of a dead werewolf. 
When Lily finds herself overpowered by a wolf, barely escaping with her life, her chances as a Vanguard slip through her fingers. But she is recognized by the Bloodpince for another reason: her blood is as valuable to him as gold. She finds herself working in the Palace, where the prince’s shaky health seems to regenerate the longer he feeds from her. 
As the days pass, and their feedings become more intimate, Lily finds herself drawing closer to the prince. But as a stranger begins to appear from the shadows, the prince’s life is threatened. The only way Lily can protect him is by agreeing to spy on the palace for a pack of werewolves who want to destroy Silverycity and the prince’s legacy. 
In time, Lily finds her heart torn between two souls. One a beautiful and noble prince with a cruel past, the other a daring, dangerous alpha who wishes only to destroy him.
Unfortunately for Lily, choosing one could mean sacrificing the other.

The Bloodprince's Consort

Cherie’s visits to the palace had become a common and annoying occurrence.

Lily watched her arrive in the evening, a trail of servants following behind her. She had become royalty here—just as fawned over and pampered as the prince himself. But Lily had never sought out a conversation with the woman. So she was confused that evening when Samantha arrived in her room, looking a little frazzled.

"Ah…the madame wishes to see you."

Lily had been fastening a shiv out of a butter knife and thick stick of wood she’d found on her walk back to the castle. She tucked it under her pillow in a frenzy. "Me? Why?"

"I’m not sure," Samantha admitted. "Her chambers are upstairs…second door from the right."

Chapter 22