Mark has always had his friends’ backs, especially now that some of them have found partners or mates and need support. So when someone’s messing with him, he’s miffed that they aren’t taking it seriously, wrapped up in their own stuff instead. He feels isolated and alone just like the life he’d left behind… Not that anyone knows since he’s always hidden his past, but that’s about to change. Bricius is the oldest known vampire alive. Thousands of years alive and millions of people met over his life, and one young warrior holds his interest in a way no one else has. A promise to the young warrior’s parents brought him to check on Mark, but wanting to know the man made him stay. Plus, Mark’s in danger now and doesn’t even know it. But when Bricius brings the world and life Mark has built tumbling around him, the warrior wants nothing to do with that ancient. Can Bricius make him understand this was always going to be the consequence of his lies, or will Bricius learn some humility to see he was wrong?