BETRAYAL MADE HIM A MONSTER. DUTY MADE HIM DEADLY. Once, he served Rome. Now, he serves the dark. Peo Satimus was a Praetorian Guard to the cruel Emperor Aurelian. Now, he is something far less human, and far more dangerous. A vampire officer in the Tempus Militibus, he hunts the monsters who slip through the cracks of the Fourth Dimension. But in the city's red-light district, something ancient stirs. Someone is murdering sex workers with ritualistic precision: preserving their bodies like sacred relics. This isn't random. This isn't madness. This is ritual. As Peo investigates, ghosts of empire haunt him: The Betrayals, bloodshed, and Rome that devoured his soul and called it glory. Then he sees her. A woman like a flame in the dark. Beautiful. Human. Forbidden. The Tempus Militibus has many rules. Love isn't one of them. But love for the damned? That is a curse wrapped in satin. Tempus Mori... Time to Die. Book Five in the hauntingly addictive Tempus Militibus series.