There is always a consequence when you take things that don’t belong to you. Especially if that “thing” belongs to one of the most powerful vampires to walk the earth. That’s exactly what Xander did. Xander had one job, a job he'd done a thousand times which was to track and transport his passengers to their destination while providing protection. He didn't plan on falling for the little human in his backseat but that's exactly what he did. He knew she was promised to another vampire already, one much stronger than he was. But as he watched her form the rearview mirror he couldn't explain the pull she had over him. It was now or never. Adira lived her entire life locked away she'd only been outside her room four times in her twenty-two years of living. She was a hostage, taken at birth by vampires and raised by servants. She longed for a chance at freedom, so when she learned she would be transported to her new home she decided this was her chance. She would not live another twenty years as a slave or a vampire.

*First five chapters have been edited if you have read them already please go reread them! Major changes!* Twenty-four years ago William's immortal heart gave a strange thump during a fight, the distraction nearly cost him his life. The cause: His mate was born. In his six hundred and fifty years of existing he had never felt so out of control. Just because his mate was born didn't mean he had to go to her, he didn't want a mate and most importantly he didn't need her. Elizabeth was getting tired of the constant war she fought with herself and by herself. She needed her mate, but he did not come to her when she first felt the mate bond five years ago. She lived a life full of agony since then, fighting as a vampire hunter was the only thing that took her mind off of things.