The Slayer's Shadow

By Lukas Host

Betrayed and left for dead by the Guild she served, wounded Slayer Andy Reeves wakes to a terrifying truth: she's Awakening. The mercy that saved Darren's life has infected her, triggering a transformation into the very monster she was bred to destroy. With only thirty days before the change completes, Andy faces three impossible choices: resist and die human, embrace it and become a predator, or find a third way that neither Guild nor Artists have imagined.

Darren James - now a powerful Artist - has been tracking her for months, drawn by an obsession he can't name. He offers guidance through the Awakening, promises of transcendence, and a hunger that mirrors her own. As their enemies-to-lovers dance intensifies, Andy discovers the Guild's darkest secret: Slayers have always been potential Artists, deliberately recruited as part of a centuries-old conspiracy called Project Chrysalis.

Hunted by former brothers and stalked by Silas Kane and his terrifying Nulls - ancient beings who can unmake supernatural creatures with a touch - Andy must embrace her unique hybrid nature. In learning to feed without losing her humanity, she forges an unprecedented bond with Darren: a power loop that flows both ways, giving as much as it takes.

When Andy exposes the Guild's lies at their annual Conclave, she fractures their authority - and rings a dinner bell for the Nulls. As Silas declares war and captures someone from Andy's past, she must choose: surrender to save an innocent, or embrace her power and fight for a future where hybrids like her can exist.

Perfect for fans of enemies-to-lovers romance, morally complex antiheroes, and supernatural worlds where power and desire are inseparable.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GHWT8T1D
• ISBN13: 9798244778939
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"