Deadly Enimity : A love forged in Hate
But seeing as you’re still head of the council,” I continued, “and Mikhail sees you as a threat, if he had any real hold over you, you wouldn’t be sitting there.”
His eyes lingered on me, not saying anything, and then, like a bomb, he dropped it: “Elvis’s mother has multiple myeloma. And there’s no cure for that illness.
For a lapse, the room seemed to freeze; even the air felt as if it were holding its breath. I studied my father’s face, outwardly indifferent, yet I could detect a trace of sadness. Elvis’s mother had always been like a mother to me, but that didn’t soften how I felt toward the family.
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