Turned

When twelve-year-old Vespirina opens her family's door to a dying man, she invites in something far worse. One act of mercy shatters an ancient bloodline ward, unleashing a host of creatures bound by a curse older than the kingdoms themselves. By dawn, her village lies in ruin. Her parents are dead. Her brother has been taken.Rescued from the ashes by a vampire hunter named Aldric, Vespirina learns the truth: she has not only doomed her family but broken the barrier that protected generations. To atone, she joins the secretive Rypmav Order—a hidden fortress where those who hunt the darkness train in silence and blood.Among blades, faith, and old hatreds, Vespirina must become what she fears most: relentless, disciplined, and unflinching. Yet as she learns the lore of vampires and the power of ancient wards, she discovers something buried beneath her ruined home—something tied to the seventh bloodline, the one even the hunters refuse to name.Her brother's life—and her own humanity—may depend on what she chooses to believe: the faith of her ancestors, or the creed of those who kill in its shadow.Dark, atmospheric, and unyielding, The Turned is the haunting first chapter of a blood-soaked saga about guilt, power, and the thin line between hunter and monster.