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After discovering the existence of vampires, Charlie Swan gained neither answers nor relief, only the certainty that his life would never fit the same mold again. In his domestic solitude, he tries to move on the way he always has: in silence.
Carlisle Cullen, on the other hand, tries to navigate his own guilt. Separated from Esme and carrying centuries of discipline, he never expected that Charlie's blood would awaken something so deep and so dangerous within him. An ancient instinct, a hunger impossible to ignore... and a tenderness he believed he was no longer capable of feeling.
When their paths begin to cross frequently, first out of necessity, then by choice, a fragile agreement is born between the doctor and the sheriff: he drinks, Charlie allows it, and neither of them talks about what it really means. But each touch, each night Carlisle returns hungry, each morning Charlie wakes up missing cold hands on his skin... all of this slowly drags them to a place from which they can no longer return.