He's running from the vampire he used to be. She is trapped in an immortal life she never wanted.
Cacy
After my parents died the suffocating judgement of my small southern hometown became unbearable. I used the last of my inheritance to move to Alderville. In a town where your neighbor is an orc and your barista is a kraken, being pansexual is entirely ordinary. Just when I am starting to feel like myself again I am attacked by a vampire. Leaving me fighting for an immortal life I never wanted.
Ashton
After decades of murder and bloodshed, I am finally free from my sires tyrannical reign. I've worked hard to build a boring life and leave my monstrous past behind. Then I meet Clementine. She is everything I am not, kind, sweet, liked by all. I'm desperate to get close to her but terrified she'll discover the truth of what I am. When she is brutally attacked, the monster I try to hide might be the only thing that can protect her.