Hunter and Aylin 
 Forever. Sounded like way too damned long to Hunter. 
 Hunter does not want to be mated. As a second generation vampire, a born vampire and the leader of the MoonBound Clan, he is obliged to be mated to one of the daughters of the ShadowSpawn ClanaEUR(tm)s leader. More accurately he has to mate the first-born, Rasha. Since the two girls are twins, the first-born is only slightly older than the second-born i.e. insignificant Aylin. And this is a good thing, he guesses, because the second daughter is repulsively ugly and weak WHILE the first daughter is extremely good-looking and a warrior. 
 Of course Hunter has met Rasha before. But he did not like her. 
 And he has never met Aylin before. But he already feels sorry for her. 
 Then, Hunter and Aylin meet and he realizes that he has a major problem: