In ancient times, vampires and shifters coexisted. They lived together. Played together. Even had interspecies marriages. These were the times of Vladimir. An immortal amongst the immorals. His love was a cunning shifter. Their one and only child had the strength of both species.
After Vlad transcended the earthly plane ahead of his shifter lover, she went into a deep depression. Her hurt was felt throughout the shifters. It made the vampires uneasy. Only the love for their shared child kept her from taking her life. Until the child was considered an adult, then she joined her vampiric mate.
The child they shared left alone in the world. Vampires wanted to use them. Shifters wanted to kill them. The child ran away to a new world. Starting a coven and keeping hidden from the shifters in t
