For centuries, vampires lived among humans in secret-kept in check by courts and blood banks-coexisting quietly until the zombie "Takeover" shattered the truce. A viral catastrophe unleashes fast, hairless, intelligent zombies that hunt by rhythm-clicks, hisses, and patterns that cut through the ruins like language. As cities forget how to be cities, vampires step out of the long shadow where they've quietly coexisted with people. The alliance that once kept order alive fractures: a ruthless faction of vampires turns on humanity to survive, while a rival vision argues that rules-not hunger-must govern the night. Caught between a chorus of the dead and a rebellion of the undead, a small team of former military refuses to be anyone's livestock. Their only hope is a rumor: a mountain sanctuary with walls, water, and rules. To reach it, they'll bargain with the vampire who once kept the dark in order-ledgers for blood, treaties for peace, and silence for survival. The price is simple and terrible: minutes bought with blood, and a promise not to become the monsters they fight. Hunted by the Black Army of rogue vampires and pursued by a horde that thinks together, they cross through places that forgot their names, deciding what kind of law still deserves to live. In a world where survival is policy and mercy is expensive, the future belongs to whoever can teach it new rules.