Wyatt is weary. He's been alive for more than two hundred years, and all that lies before him is at least another two centuries of the same tedium. The tales and legends of vampires are vastly more interesting than the reality.<br><br>After another night of failed attempts at finding someone to connect with, Wyatt heads home, more despondent and alone than ever ... and comes across a young man being attacked. Though blind by conventional standards, Wyatt is nowhere near as helpless as people like to assume, and easily fends off the attackers.<br><br>In the aftermath of the attack, the man he rescued proves unexpectedly to be a light in the darkness Wyatt has endured for centuries.

Darkness Is Illuminating

As quickly as Noel came into Wyatt’s arms, he’s gone again, back to the seat beside Wyatt


“I’m sorry. I should have asked first. That’s just, it’s really kind, and I can’t remember the last time someone was this kind to me,” Noel says, and his voice sounds thick.


Wyatt thinks he knows why, and he reaches out blindly, using his other senses to find Noel’s face. Wyatt touches Noel’s cheek gently, and as he suspected, he finds the skin wet with tears.


“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make you cry,” Wyatt says, and he lets his fingers linger on Noel’s cheek.


“It’s not your fault. You haven’t upset me. I’m just a little emotional. It’s been a crazy night. Getting attacked, finding out vampires are real and now your kindness, it’s overwhelming,” Noel says, a tear tracking down past Wyatt’s fingers.


Chapter 10