The Arachnid (Volume 2)

Summary:

Two years after fleeing London, Alina Lis has built something she never thought possible: a home. As the leader of a commune of women like herself, she has found a new, greater purpose – experimenting on the Vipera.

Silas Forbes, the Vipera she escaped, hasn't forgotten her. But his longing for Alina threatens everything he built in her absence. And he's brought someone else along for the ride: Luka Novikov, the man who once betrayed her, now bound to them both by wounds that won't heal and debts that can't be repaid.

When the human world and the Vipera world violently collide, old enmities resurface and new alliances are forged. In a society where survival means choosing a side, Alina must protect the family she has built, Silas must decide what price he is willing to pay for his obsession, and Luka—forever scarred by the Poisoner's Kiss—must survive the clash between an immortal's yearning and a woman's rage.

Some poisons have no antidote. Some needs can never be satisfied.