Lucas — Brandy Walker

Lucas Strigoi has lived a long, long life; over five-hundred years actually. In that time, he's loved and lost. Gained money and experience. Found places he's considered home and, at times, watched them burn down to the ground. Basically, he's lived many lives and has many more to go. He's hit the age when settling down should be his primary focus, but he'd thought he'd already found the One sixteen years ago. He was wrong, and he has no plans to repeat that mistake. He'll stick to running his tattoo shop and living through his employees. Reagan Aliat is an Ally. The literal translation of her last name. Her family has been connected to the Strigoi Vampire family for too many centuries to count. At one point, her older sister was romantically involved with one of them and everyone, including Lucas, thought they were destined to be Bondmates. Her sister had other plans, though, and broke his heart after six years of togetherness. Lucas disappeared from their lives and took with him Reagan's undying love. Yes, she fell for her sister's boyfriend. Who wouldn't, he was the epitome of the perfect man? Now, Reagan's family is thrusting themselves into Lucas's life, whether he likes it or not, by sending her to retrieve him. All because her sister is getting married and the mark of the Ally, a designator all allies wear, needs to be removed. According to her family, he's the only one that can do it. Seeing each other again after ten years, Reagan and Lucas must travel across the United States to get back to her family. Reagan knows she needs to fight the love and attraction she'd always felt for the vampire, resolute in the belief that Lucas will never be hers. Lucas, on the other hand, is realizing his mistake so many years ago was worse than he'd thought, and the woman he should have been with is his ex's little sister.