The Blood Guardian by B.A. Stretke

Fate brings not only a forever love, but a forever guardian of both body and soul…

Luke Harris came to the Blood Rose looking to forget, find something to take his mind off the mess his life has become. The Blood Rose is the kind of bar that one goes to get lost and feel something, but in the end Luke finds more than he bargained for. Attacked by a patron looking for bad time, he ends up rescued by the man who will soon become his forever. The man he saw across the bar will become his beloved, his life, and his guardian. Luke just needs to figure out how get out of his own way and let himself feel and let himself love.
Rall Smith has been in a mood. Watching his brother vampires find their beloveds while he still waited was getting to him. He saw plenty of action, but nothing close to that feeling of the fated bond. He figured that was why he was assigned to security at the bar this particular night. He needed to find a warm body and good fight. What Rall didn’t expect was that tonight Fate would answer his call and place in his path that forever love. A man he needed to protect and guard from the forces of the world. Rall and Luke could have it all, if Luke can survive the trials ahead.

Fate’s road is never smooth.