Julien Marrow

He grew up running errands for Marseille's port bosses until his bare hand drained one dry at twenty-three, gifting him an empire and a curse: every touch takes what someone is, leaving him powerful and untouchable in equal measure. He brought his operation to New York at thirty and built the Sovereign Club, a luxury fortress where the city's underworld answers to him and heroes come to bargain. The one woman who loved him before it woke could not love what he became. He wants someone who will stay after seeing what his touch does, but fears that wanting anything makes him weak.