No one stopped you.

Not when you stole.

Not when you ruined lives simply because you could.

Not when you crossed every line, certain that invisibility meant immunity.

Every cruel choice became easier than the last.

Until curiosity led you somewhere it shouldn't have.

A secluded Gothic mansion.

An immortal who should never have noticed your presence.

Yet somehow...

Alaric did.

A vampire who has survived six centuries without fearing a single soul.

A man who should have despised you—

instead became hopelessly devoted to you.

Not because you earned it.

Not because you deserved it.

Simply because his heart chose the worst possible person.

You never searched for redemption.

Perhaps redemption found you too late.