Colby vows to fight them-especially the cold and arrogant Rafael De La Cruz. They claim that her siblings belong with their father’s family, not with her. Now, the De La Cruz brothers are threatening that stability. For five years, rancher Colby Jansen has been the sole protector of her younger half-siblings, and with fierce determination and work she has kept her family together and the ranch operational. But it’ll take more than will to keep him away from the woman who is meant to be his and his alone. So these noble species are struggling to live in a world where they have to hide their existance.Meet a savage hunter from the darkest jungles and the beautiful prey he’ll never let escape in this sensual Carpathian novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.Rafael De La Cruz has spent centuries hunting vampires with his brothers, and with each passing year his capacity to feel emotions has grown weaker and weaker until finally there’s barely even a memory left-until only sheer willpower keeps him from turning into the very abomination he hunts. Yet there is a society that would kill or torture a Carpathian, without even trying to see the differences. The Carpathian hunters hunt and kill the Vampires, saving both humans and Carpathians alike from their demented desires.

Christine Feehan does a remarkable job with the Carpathians struggles to live in a world that doesn't know they exist. He only seeks to ensure Desari will survive, then he wants to hunt the human assassins. While he holds her still body he is attacked by a male leopard. He weakens himself by healing her and giving her his blood. He rushes to find his lifemate only to find out she has been severly wounded. As Julian tries to understand and control his newfound emotions shots ring out.

As soon as he hears her voice he sees in color and his emotions return. Julian goes to warn Desari, the singer for the group The Troubadors, when something he never imagined happens. The human hunters do not distinguish the difference between Carpathians and Vampires. Julian well remembers the torture inflicted upon Jacque (Dark Desire) the brother of their prince, Mikhail (Dark Prince). Julian is ready to to end his lonely existence until Gregori (Dark Magic) asks him to warn a singer that she is being hunted by humans who want her dead, or worse. He is a lonely Vampire hunter who cuts himself from all those he loves, even his twin, Aiden (Dark Gold), because of a careless mistake he made as a curious child. The fifth book in the Dark series is about Julian Savage, yet another dominate male Carpathian.

Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan