The Chosen of Blackridge
A trauma nurse discovers her heartbeat is the only currency keeping a city of immortal monsters alive. But when her own cosmic clock starts running out, she must decide who....
A trauma nurse discovers her heartbeat is the only currency keeping a city of immortal monsters alive. But when her own cosmic clock starts running out, she must decide who is actually worth saving. Millie spent her life saving people in the trauma ward, entirely unaware that her bloodline holds a much darker, ancient purpose. When she inherits a mystical leather ledger, a lethal countdown violently burns itself into her mind. She is the "Chosen"—a human conduit forced to pay the centuries-old life-debt of Blackridge’s immortal rulers with her own days. Every time she uses her celestial energy to heal or protect, her remaining lifespan violently drops. Suddenly thrust into a hidden, brutal world, Millie finds herself surrounded by terrifying Vampire Princes, ancient Dragons, elusive Shadow Walkers, and fierce Werewolf Alphas. They need her alive to maintain their eternal paradise, but her rapidly ticking clock forces them into a desperate, fragile alliance. As the cosmic enforcers of the universe descend to collect the ultimate payment, Millie and her reluctant protectors must find a way to break an unbreakable system. But rewriting the laws of the universe comes with an unimaginable, apocalyptic cost. In a city built on stolen time, the line between saving the world and completely shattering it is measured in the final beats of a mortal heart.