Devotion in the Dark

Rowan is an elite vanguard hunter with a dangerous secret: a botched ritual when he was seventeen bound his soul to Valerius, a high-ranking Prince of Ash. For five long years, Rowan has endured a violent mental tether, feeling echoes of the demon's emotions while relentlessly hunting him across the mortal plane to break the curse. To Rowan, Valerius is his ultimate enemy. To Valerius, Rowan's fierce, unyielding pursuit is the only fire that has warmed his cold, immortal existence.

When a sting operation goes wrong and Rowan's hidden connection is exposed to his fanatical commander, he is branded a heretic. Forced to flee alongside the very monster he swore to execute, Rowan is dragged into a proximity he cannot escape-because if he steps more than a half-mile away from Valerius, the frayed bond will stop his heart. Trapped in a forgotten gothic ruin, Rowan must survive a ruthless guild hunt on the surface and the executioners of Hell below. But his greatest challenge is confronting the terrifying reality bleeding through the soul-tether: Valerius doesn't want to conquer worlds; he wants to worship his hunter.