Midnight Trial

Mara Vale has always felt invisible.So when a forbidden carnival appears at the edge of town - silent, black-tented, and gone by morning - she can't resist sneaking inside.What she finds isn't smoke and mirrors.It's The Nocturne Caravan - a traveling collection of beings who shouldn't exist. A boy who can stop time. A woman who bends shadows like silk. A ringmaster who never blinks.And they see her.Caught between returning to her ordinary life or joining their world, Mara chooses the impossible.But the Midnight Trial is not a performance.It's a transformation.When Mara survives, she doesn't become a vampire.She becomes something far rarer - a Dream Drinker, able to walk through nightmares and feed on fear. Each dream makes her stronger.Each one makes her less human.Now a ruthless order known as the Dawn Guard is closing in, determined to wipe out the Caravan - and the girl who may be more dangerous than all of them combined.Because Mara's power isn't just rare.It's forbidden.And the monsters hunting her might be right to be afraid.