The Blood Deception: A Dark Dystopian Romance (The Night Hunter Series Book 1)

Ace has spent her life in hiding, wearing false identities and keeping her distance from the world. She infiltrates a new environment with one goal: find her sister. But as she assumes a new name and face, she loses sight of who she really is. Trained to work alone and trust no one, Ace's carefully constructed isolation shatters when Dryston Ryder enters her life. Arrogant and dangerous, he refuses to let her maintain her distance. He sees through her masks, stripping away her defenses until she has nowhere left to hide. As he pushes her toward something more human, Ace realizes he poses an unexpected threat—not because he wants to harm her, but because she might fall for him instead of eliminating him as she should. Dryston recognized immediately that something was wrong with Ace's carefully constructed facade. He has spent his life reading people, and he saw through her disguise from the start. Rather than expose her, he made a choice: she would stay. He doesn't want to fix her or change her darkness and violence. He simply wants to see all of her—every version, fracture, and edge. While Ace continues to run and hide behind false identities, Dryston waits, knowing that eventually she will realize he is the only place where she doesn't have to pretend.