Elara Hayes only wanted a normal life, a normal job, and a chance to start over.But the moment she steps into Vale Industries, the world’s most feared CEO—Lucian Vale—looks at her like she’s something impossible.Something forbidden.Something that belongs to him.Cold-eyed, dangerously calm, and unnervingly beautiful, Lucian rules the city with power that feels older than time itself. Rumors say he never ages. Never sleeps. Never bleeds.Elara always thought they were just myths.Until his touch sends pain and electricity ripping through her.Until her badge reacts to him.Until he whispers one word that changes the course of her life:“Mine.”Thrown into a world of secrets, blood-oaths, and immortal politics, Elara becomes entangled in a bond she doesn’t understand and a desire she can’t control.Lucian knows she shouldn’t exist.Knows she is the one human capable of threatening his immortality.Yet he can’t stay away.And the more Elara resists, the darker—and more dangerous—his obsession becomes.But forces older than Lucian are watching.Hungry.Waiting.And Elara is about to learn that the most dangerous creature in this world…is the immortal who refuses to let her go.