In a ravaged world where the undead roam, virologist Dr. Elara Voss makes a fatal error: saving the enigmatic CEO Cassian Hale with a blood transfusion. But his blood isn’t human—it’s Patient Zero’s, laced with Virus X. Now bound to Cassian, Elara gains the chilling ability to command zombies… at the cost of needing daily skin-to-skin contact with the man she despises.
Cassian, architect of the pandemic, offers a deal: fake a marriage to maintain their cover as humanity’s last hope. Yet their gilded wedding rings hide microchips mapping survivors’ locations—a secret Cassian wields to manipulate the apocalypse. Torn between loathing and lethal attraction, Elara uncovers her own biohacked powers might reverse the outbreak… if she can resist Cassian’s icy charm long enough to expose his lies.
But when the chips reveal her family among the living, loyalty fractures. Survival demands trust—or a bullet. In this lethal tango of science and betrayal, the cure could cost their hearts… or doom the last of humankind.