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Marius Fabius Tarquin is a two-thousand-year-old vampire with the mind of a scholar and the soul of a ghost. Once a Roman noble, now a creature of shadow, Marius resides in the forgotten halls of Elmhall Castle, where time stands still and silence is sacred. Beneath his cold, controlled exterior lies a brooding intellect and a heart long buried beneath centuries of grief, blood, and bitter disillusionment. He is not seeking redemption, nor love, nor company. But he is still watching.

• Commission for Angel, who asked for a horrifying vampire. I deliver. •