Yorick is determined to win over Atticus, the thousand-year-old vampire who makes his life impossible, even while pretending he is not already in love.
Someone then stabs Yorick with a poison that limits his healing, and instead of fussing over him, Atticus hands him a poison-coated weapon and sends him off on a revenge scheme.
Yorick wants affection, presents, and Atticus living in his house, but Atticus is being watched and will not offer more while his past puts everyone near him at risk.
Their history began nearly five hundred years ago, when Yorick stole from him, set him on fire, and ran.
Now a poison that affects vampires is throwing Atticus's world into turmoil as truths emerge about that night, and the man he vowed never to love is still what keeps him moving forward.
