He was supposed to kill her, not fall in love with her. Yet one look at Alexandra and Marius was a man possessed by a hunger he'd never known. Keeping his family curse a secret from the woman whose death would end it would take all of his stone-cold strength, but protecting his family's enemy might be the death of him. Alexandra's charismatic new neighbour intrigued her as no man had. What secrets was he keeping and what did he know of the mysterious winged creature rumoured to be haunting the night skies? The truth would be her undoing – or her destiny...