In the end, many things prove meaningless. Part from love. And blood. Centuries ago, They came to deliver a farmer's son into darkness, demanding blood as payment for life eternal. Darren did not choose a vampire's path, but has walked it willingly dor decades, considering Them his enemy. To ease his loneliness, he sires a child to a mortal woman. To share his darkness, he draws a girl named Belinda into his ever-lasting night. A stranger to his mortal kin, isolated from his immortal brethren, Darren seeks companionship, understanding of his dark nature. Bounds of love come to challenge the weight of death. Will blood prove stronger than eternal affection?