Eli lives within a gated family, protection always at the ready. He wasn't even aloud to watch movies about anything non-human for Christ's sake! His grandmother sat in her rickety old rocking chair and hushed the words, "be very careful Eli. They don't sleep in coffins, burn in daylight or have red eyes. they look just like any other person." You may be thinking, what is all this about? why are they so paranoid? In Highland City there were gruesome accounts of people going missing and being caught with their throat or ribs ripped up. The family's superstition was that it was werewolf or vampires. and they were right. Spoiler for plot; Vampires wife died so he needs a replacement and Eli just so happens to have the same hair, eyes and physique his wife used to.