was born in Chicago, the youngest son of Damian and Barbara Kowalski, and was named after Marlon Brando\u2019s character in\u00a0A Streetcar Named Desire,\u00a0<\/i>but prefers \u2018Ray\u2019 to \u2018Stanley\u2019.\u00a0Ray and his father were close when he was growing up,and restored old cars together including Ray\u2019s black 1967 GTO. He became estranged from his father when he dropped out of college to become a police officer.<\/span><\/p>\nRay met his wife, Stella, a Gold Coast girl who attended private school, when they were 13. They married in college, and were happy for many years before Ray\u2019s undercover work, and Stella\u2019s job at the State\u2019s Attorneys office began to put pressure on the marriage. Of all the factors that led to the end of their marriage, their arguments over starting a family was the deal breaker. Ray wanted children, but Stella didn\u2019t want to take time from her successful law career as a State\u2019s Attorney.<\/span><\/p>\nUnable to deal with the failure of his marriage, Ray delved deeper into his undercover work wanting to live someone else\u2019s live instead of his own. Beginning to suffer from burnout, he was assigned to the 18th precinct. He meets Benoit Franciscus in his guise of Benton Fraser, RCMP, in 1997 while canvassing the area around the Canadian Consulate. Benoit and Diefenbaker befriended Ray and began consulting on Ray\u2019s cases.<\/span><\/p>\nWhen Ray is kidnapped by Rogue Vampire, Victoria Metcalf, looking for Benoit. He\u2019s taken to the home of goth nightclub owner, Jeremiah Parks where Park\u2019s convinces his Sire that he will hold on to Ray, and look for information on Benoit. They try to keep Ray ignorant about the existence of Vampires until Jeremiah saves Ray\u2019s life. With no other Chosen Ones available, Ray is told about Vampires, and becomes a Chosen One for Tallikut Clan.<\/span><\/p>\nHis kidnapping makes Ray realize he\u2019s still living his life undercover. He retires from the police force, digs out his leather, jewelry and head kicker boots, goes to find Jeremiah at\u00a0Lost Children of the Blood<\/i>\u00a0newest location in Chicago, and asks his new friend for a job. He becomes the General Manager, and though the two men don\u2019t get to spend a lot of time together because Jeremiah is doing undercover jobs for Javier Esposito in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\nWhile working at the club, Benoit still comes to him asking he help people that come to Benoit with their problems. Ray, exhausted by working cases and at the club, directs Benoit to Lt. Walsh at the 27th precinct where Benoit meets his Mate, Ray Vecchio.<<\/span><\/p>\nAfter six years, Tallikut suffers through the latest round of Victoria trying to kill Ray (she still hasn\u2019t realized Ray K is not Benoit\u2019s Mate), Lying in a hospital bed after twice stepping between Ray and bullets, Jeremiah realizes Ray Kowalski is his Mate. Ray is Turned and Claimed before the new year.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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