Shadow Bound

Halloween night feels wrong. The shadows know it before the humans do.
From the ruins of her abandoned house, Elowen watches the creatures emerge from the dark, hungry and furious, determined to reclaim the world from humanity. She has spent centuries hiding from both monsters and mortals, surviving in silence, untouched and unseen. But when blood spills across the streets and innocent lives are threatened, the shadow creature who once called herself nothing is forced to step into the light.

Among the chaos, she meets James, a human who sees her not as a monster, but as something painfully lonely. Their connection awakens powers Elowen buried long ago, drawing the attention of the ancient Houses that rule the creatures of the night. To save him, she must make an impossible choice: surrender herself to the House of Demon forever… or lose the only soul who has reached through the darkness to touch hers.

A gothic tale of monsters, shadows, forbidden allegiance, and the fragile humanity hidden inside immortal things.