Tierney never wanted another mate. At 200 years of age, he has known too much pain. His wife and daughters are gone, taken from him by the vampires he has fought so hard to kill. Finding another mate was never part of his mission statement. For that mate to be a human male, and a former servant of the woman Tierney hates the most, throws everything for a curve. Bartholomew Wong has spent the last five years of his life serving the vampire queen bitch, Zoella Quinsey. It left him with a chip on his shoulder, and no matter how much he tries to push Tierney away, the alpha keeps coming around, keeps wanting him. Even though Bart does not consider himself worthy, he wants the alpha, too. But when he pushes too far, and an accident puts him in the hospital, not even Tierney’s patience might be able to bring them back from this brink.