Tulsi I am forever twenty-one, wandering through time for over a century. Every decade, I’ve traveled the world, and watched it shift and transform, yet I remain unchanged—ageless, untouched by the years. The one constant is the emptiness within me, a hollow space where life once thrummed. I sometimes wonder if love is even possible for someone like me, whose heart no longer beats and knows the warmth of blood. Is giving someone everything worth it when I can never fully feel what they would? Now, I call New Orleans home. I strike an alliance with the International Paranormal Society and take control of a hospital to keep my existence tethered to something real. But one night, a knock at my door pulls me from the shadows—a local mafia prince standing on my doorstep, his presence filling the air with danger and intrigue. Kiro I was born into this life, the son of a mafia boss, bred to rule the city’s underbelly. I manage hospitals, keep my network tight, and always have a plan—especially after learning the one man I trusted, my father, betrayed me. He sold one of my properties behind my back, and now I’m forced to take matters into my own hands. So, I show up on her doorstep—a woman who’s nothing like anyone I’ve ever known. She’s sharp, unreadable, and hiding secrets of her own. I’m unsure if she’ll call my bluff, but I’m willing to find out. Who has the wicked intentions? Tulsi, the vampire eternally questioning her capacity to love, or Kiro, the betrayed mafia heir, playing a dangerous game on her doorstep?