Shadow Pact
William raised a skeptical brow and his gaze followed Paoli around the table.
“It’s rare they’re marked," Paoli agreed. "But it happens.”
He took the chair across from William and propped his bare feet on the edge of the table for no reason other than it bugged William.
Paoli was one of the oldest vampires William had ever met, and by far the least conspicuous. He stood only about an inch shorter than William was himself, which put him just shy of six feet. Where William's hair was raven and cropped short, Paoli's was a dark blond and long enough to rest on his shoulders. He had none of the dark characteristics a person would usually associate with a vampire—especially a vampire as old as he