Shadow Pact
she demanded incredulously.
Both Paoli and William laughed slightly at her reaction.
“Please don't take offense,” Paoli said after a moment. “I didn't mean it in a negative way.”
Emily gave him a dubious look. “You tell me one way being half demon could be a positive thing."
Paoli sobered slightly, a small smile still playing around the edges of his mouth. “The world of immortals is full of demons," he informed her patiently, as though he were speaking to a small child. "We aren't exactly the way it's recorded religiously. Here, being at least part demon is commonplace.”