It's not just fear keeping Tyler up at night...and that's what frightens him.
Tyler Lomax met Lucien, supposedly the oldest haemophile in existence, on a dark night in the depths of winter. Tyler was protesting against Baron Emory Von Magnusson taking possession of a human child. He thought he'd been doing the right thing-fighting against evil, against fear.
Lucien had almost killed him for it. Now it's months later, and Tyler hasn't slept since. Tyler wants Lucien found. When the authorities fail him, he feels forced to take matters into his own hands.
Tyler's contact 'Damon' doesn't call himself a 'vampire hunter', but that is exactly what Tyler intends to pay him to be. What Tyler doesn't bank on is having Lucien at his mercy, forcing him to confront what's really consuming him.
Tyler will not only have to face what he is feeling but finally open his mind to a perspective other than his own. He just has to pray that opening up to Lucien won't bleed him dry before he realizes the truth.