Clara Falkner tempts him in a way no human has for many years... He can never have her, for he is wolf ... changed long ago, and a human cannot enter their world. But Raoul Etienne knows he cannot allow the woman he has been watching to become the vampire's concubine. At the risk of war with the Vampires, he breaks the pact and gives Clara his own mark. And thus begins his erotic branding.... But will it be enough to save her from the vampire's kiss?