For 13 years, Queen Julianna kept vampire Lillian trapped with a cursed silver spike. Her return begins when Evelyn, the abused true heiress of Blackwood Manor, seals a blood pact with her last breath to avenge the cruelty of her own family and adopted sister Chloe. Wearing Evelyn’s face, Lillian infiltrates Chloe’s coming-of-age ball and turns the Blackwoods’ world upside down. She sways King Alexander, still longing for Lillian, topples Prince Hedrich, exposes the traitors from her past, and brings Julianna’s entire faction crashing down. At last, she reverses a holy ritual to kill Alexander, clears her family’s name, and installs the rightful heir Theodore on the throne.