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

A total numbness had taken over Lily’s body. She listened to her father speak for a long time, staying quiet all the while.

He spoke of her mother. How beautiful she was, how funny she was. How he never forgave himself for what he did and how he never would.

"It was pure instinct," he explained. "Once I realized what had happened I screamed. Carried her body here to the prince and asked them to bury her away from this hell. Anywhere outside of the city walls, I’d said. They arrested me that day."

Lily couldn’t believe it. That meant that he’d existed within this dank, cold cell for ten years. She supposed it wasn’t unusual for a vampire to last without blood, but it was very likely that he was being fed in small doses. Just enough to keep him alive. To keep him suffering.

Chapter 44