No doubt there are worse fates than being blood-cursed, but if so, Vadka doesn't know, because he's got his hands full being forced to drink blood to survive--especially with isolation the life it brings, and the unlikelihood of ever finding a cure.

The last thing he needs is trouble, but that's exactly what he gets, by way of saving a broken-winged fairy that would have wound up butchered for spell components. So what's a blood-cursed mage to do with an unwanted guest? Take him home of course--but that's easier said than done for a man who drinks blood and a fairy who can't use his magic.