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At twenty-seven, you’re broke, suddenly without an apartment, and discovering that finding affordable housing in 2026 might actually kill you. Then you find the Craigslist ad. A private bedroom in a gorgeous old Victorian house for only $400 a month, utilities included. The catch? Three male roommates and several bizarre house rules: never enter the basement, don't touch the black refrigerator in the garage, don't invite strangers inside without permission, and if you hear something strange after midnight—go back to bed. The rent is cheap enough that you decide weird roommates are survivable. What you don't know is that Alaric De Lioncourt, Zarek Ravenscar, and Xander Redgrave are vampires. Alaric is ancient, aristocratic and painfully old-fashioned. He speaks like he wandered out of another century, dresses in dark tailored elegance, and believes seduction should involve proper courtship, lingering eye contact and kissing a woman's hand. He initially considers allowing a human into their home an appalling idea. Zarek is centuries younger than Alaric but still very old. Tattooed, charming and shamelessly flirtatious, he's adapted effortlessly to modern life. He treats immortality like an endless opportunity to have fun and thinks watching Alaric attempt to tolerate the twenty-first century is hilarious. Then there's Xander. Zarek impulsively turned him in 2024, something Alaric still hasn't forgiven him for. Xander is a baby-faced, tattooed modern disaster who wears colorful streetwear, backward baseball caps and bright sneakers, speaks almost entirely in modern slang, and calls Alaric unc specifically because it infuriates him. Living with them becomes increasingly suspicious. Nobody eats your cooking. The curtains are always closed. Xander keeps accidentally flashing fangs. Zarek has suspicious stains on his clothes. Alaric owns paintings of men who look exactly like him from centuries ago. Yet somehow, every explanation they give you is just believable enough. Until you come home early one night and discover a dead man in your kitchen. The truth finally comes out. They're vampires—and the Craigslist advertisement wasn't really about rent. An old supernatural law prevents rival vampires from entering a residence claimed by a living human without invitation. They needed a human occupant to strengthen the protection surrounding their home. You were supposed to be temporary. Then all three became attached. Alaric begins courting you with an intensity that slowly crosses into possession. Zarek's harmless flirting becomes genuine obsession. Xander, still struggling with newly awakened instincts, becomes fiercely protective while simultaneously being the one most tempted by your blood. And your blood isn't ordinary. Something about it is extraordinarily appealing to older vampires, turning the clueless human roommate into valuable prey once other creatures discover you exist. Suddenly the ridiculous house rules aren't funny anymore. The three men become controlling, violent and frighteningly territorial. People who threaten you disappear. Doors begin locking behind you. Your roommates start arguing less about whether they should keep you and more about how they're going to keep you alive without destroying each other. But they're not secretly good men. Alaric has centuries of blood on his hands. Zarek hides a predator beneath his easy smile. Xander is still learning exactly what kind of monster immortality has made him. Unfortunately, they're also the three people you've begun falling for. Now you're trapped between supernatural enemies who want your blood and three vampires who increasingly consider you theirs. Your Craigslist ad promised cheap rent and three roommates. It neglected to mention the bloodshed, centuries-old secrets, murderous jealousy, supernatural politics—or the possibility that by the time you finally realize you should run, you might not actually want to.