Nine Vials
"She stumbled backward, choking down her panic. This wasn't a home. It was a prison."
It's been three years since Dante's death, but Salvia hasn't been able to let him go. With her graduation quickly approaching, Salvia accepts that it's time to move on. To live the life she's worked so hard for.
She has no idea that Lowick de Montebello has an entirely different destiny planned for her.
As Lowick moves to take everything, Dante moves to stop him. But this time, the de Montebellos aren't the only ones coming for Salvia.
As her body and life are swiftly and irreversibly altered, Salvia will have to fight to keep her freedom. Yet to have any hope of escaping the world's most powerful man, she's going to need help.
DANTE
Dante's resolve was fuelled by something the de Montebellos could never understand. Unlike power and wealth, his love for Salvia was limitless; a fuel that would never run out. He would keep going until she was safe, or until he had nothing left to give. He would dismantle their world piece by piece.
SALVIA
Salvia froze as recognition, and a million other feelings she couldn't name, flooded her. Even with his back to her, she knew him immediately.
LOWICK
Claude worried about the de Montebello line. His father's attention often turned to Salvia. He made frequent mention of her, of how Lowick's union with Salvia would produce the next generation of warriors, more powerful than anything the world had yet seen.