The Stars Are Dying by C.C. Peñaranda

The Stars Are Dying by C.C. Peñaranda"The brightest star needs the darkest night." In a world abandoned by the celestial guardians and left to suffer a tyrant kings reign, all Astraea knows is safety in seclusion. With fragmented memories of only five years of her life, shes determined to discover more about her past, even if that means fleeing the cruel arms that hold her safe from the wicked vampires rumored to roam the land. But when Astraea stumbles upon the mysterious Nyte, she soon

including sexual grooming (past)

For two centuries

Beneath its gothic façade

Jules’s legion curse has been unbound

all while a nefarious presence follows them straight to the jeweled gates of the Summerland queen’s citadel—the City of Ruin

and their onstage chemistry off the scale

His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss's enemies

Many years ago

Full of claws

WARNING: ***Please do not keep the candle on when it reaches the last 10 % of its wax

Milla knows two things to be true: Demons are real

I want simple