This is the story of Luke Ashcloud's life before he silently vowed to protect a hybrid half-vampire, half-werewolf baby boy and the hybrid parents who are two of his closest friends. In the future. Luke story starts way before anything in modern midnight madness. Luke Ashcloud's story starts IN the heart of 18th-century England, Luke Ashcloud's life is irrevocably altered by the death of his father. Seeking solace and opportunity, he embarks on a journey to America, a land promising a fresh start. He finds love, builds a life, and establishes a farm, only to have his world shattered by the devastating realities of the Revolutionary War. The relentless conflict forces him into a fight for survival, a struggle that leaves him critically injured and seemingly on the brink of death. But fate, in its most unexpected form, intervenes.Lily-May, a vampire of extraordinary beauty and power, saves his life, but in doing so, irrevocably changes his destiny, transforming him into one of her kind.