Joel Garland

Joel Garland is an widowed old man who keeps a rose garden. A vampire resides with him, but he is unable to see her.

Background
His wife from an arranged marriage died early, leaving him to tend to the rose garden. While watering this garden, his eyes, briefly, saw a girl of silver hair and otherworldly beauty -- a Leannan vampire who stayed with him thereafter. Through his life, he kept the image of her, yearning to see her again, and writing a short story about their short meeting.