This was a compelling vampire story. In this universe, most humans can sense the predatory nature of the vampire and subconsciously give them wide berth. There are a few who sense their nature and want what a vampire can give (or take), and those are the ones from whom Dominic feeds. But never more than once, because a strange bond can form which draws the human to him. 
 Against his better judgment, and telling himself that he just wants to know what'll happen, Dominic goes to see Michael, a young man who's captured his interested. In Michael, Dominic can see the goodness and light and warmth of what his human life used to be. And though it creeps Michael out, he gives Dominic a tattoo. Dominic then grays out his memory of the incident. 
 But Dominic can't stay away, and soon the connection between them becomes a stronger bond. The guilt of forming that bond gnaws at Dominic, who tries to save Michael from becoming like him, but Michael proves more stubborn in getting what he wants, and Dominic relents, even though Michael doesn't truly understand what it will mean. 
 Michael soon slowly learns that things are different, and he struggles to hold on to himself. But Dominic and Michael's bond awakens another, who seeks them out and seeks to prove their nature is not that of humanity, and he's willing to kill anyone to prove his point. 
 The characters are well-forged in who they are and what they mean to each other. I was well pleased with how it all ended, particularly the epilogue.