Page 174 of Eternal Craving

Elijah moved closer to him.

“I should be going.” Jacob started for the exit.

Elijah’s gaze slid my way. “Jacob, meet your father.”

I bit my lip, holding back my rage.

Jacob glanced at me, and then at Elijah, and then stared back at me as his bag slipped from his hands and landed with a thud.

“What do you want?” I asked Elijah.

His mouth slid into a grin.

“If it’s my attention, you have it,” I said through gritted teeth.

Sunaria stepped into the room. “Elijah, I’ll go with you.”

“No, you won’t.” I gestured for her to stay put.

“You’re not my father,areyou?” Jacob asked.

“I’ll answer your questions later,” I replied. “You are no longer needed here.”

“My father’s dead,” Jacob muttered.

“Leave now.” I threw a glance at Sunaria.

I hated Elijah for forcing my hand. I’d planned and re-planned my first rendezvous with my son, and this wasn’t how it was supposed to happen.

Sunaria guided Jacob out. My gut wrenched as I watched my son disappear.

“I will find him.” Elijah’s voice was void of emotion.

“This obsession with your descendants is annoying.”

Elijah stared at me. “Return with me and everything will be explained.”

“Talk here or not at all.”

He sighed. “When I heard that Sunaria had turned you, I wept for days.”

“As you can see, I’ve adjusted well.”

“You have a forgiving nature.”

“Not at the moment.” I folded my arms.

“Your son inherited your recklessness.”

“By reckless, you mean tending to the sick?”

“The woman he came to visit, do you know what she died of?”

“Old age?”

“The Black Death.”

“I’ll send my condolences to the family.”