The Forbidden Hunger
For two hundred years, Adrian Vale has survived by keeping one rule: never become attached to a human. Then Elena Hart walks into his life. She is warm where he is cold, stubborn where he is careful, and completely unaware that creatures like him exist in the shadows of her city. But Elena carries something Adrian has never encountered in all his centuries-a strange, luminous presence in her soul that calls to him more powerfully than blood ever has. The closer he gets, the harder it becomes to resist. But Adrian's past is darker than Elena could imagine, and his kind has rules of its own. A human who discovers the truth must either forget it-or be transformed. Adrian has already lost everyone he ever loved. He refuses to lose Elena. Even if protecting her means walking away from the only person who has ever made his immortality feel like a curse.
