A warlock bond. A demon girl. Reluctant allies in a city on the brink.

Xander Sullivan tends bar by night, teaches philosophy by day, and tries to keep his head down. Until Halloween, when a supernatural riot tears through Bay Uni—and triggers magic he didn’t know he had.

Now he’s bonded to Kara, a fiery demon girl with a sharp tongue, a lethal whip, and zero interest in playing sidekick to a man she never chose.

They’re stuck with each other, hunted by factions eager to exploit them—or erase them.

He didn’t ask for this power. She didn’t ask for him. But the truth behind what binds them is more dangerous than they imagined.

It’s not love. It’s survival. With attitude.