14 parts Ongoing MatureLucien Cullen isn't like the others.
He doesn't smile for Bella. Doesn't pretend to care about humanity. He still craves human blood-and after a century of suppression, he's beginning to crack.
Born the son of a mafia don, turned vampire in the backstreets of 1919 New York, Lucien has always been a creature of discipline and quiet violence. He isn't soft like Carlisle, noble like Edward, or loyal like Emmett. He's the family's liability. And when Bella Swan arrives, threatening the family's secret, Lucien watches the lies spread-and says nothing.
Until Volterra.
Until Jane.
One look. That's all it takes. A connection older than memory, colder than death. She's his mate. And suddenly, he's not so numb.
As Jane's presence starts to pull him away from the Cullen family, Lucien is forced to choose between loyalty and desire, between restraint and blood. In her silence, he finds honesty. In his gift-the power to unmask any lie-he becomes something terrifying even the Volturi respect.
This is not a love story for the soft-hearted.
This is what happens when the most dangerous Cullen stops pretending to be one of them-and decides to become something else.