Chapter 479 – A Grandfather and a Grandson, and Life's Greatest Lesson [2]
"Why and how are you here?"
Kaden managed to ask, sitting on a strangely carved wooden chair across from his grandfather, the old man himself leaned lazily over his reclining one.
The sudden question arched Raven's almost hairless eyebrow, his eyes settling on the young man.
Kaden had taken hold of himself by now. No longer crying like a lost child. He sat a little straighter, his eyes not as hollow as before, as if the mere presence of someone from his bloodline had somehow soothed his scarred heart and mind.
Raven smiled, pleased, noticing the considerable Will of his grandson at first glance.
Then his face spasmed. A furious chorus of coughs gripped his throat, sending him stooped forward, spit and black blood flying from his mouth, hitting the floor just below Kaden's feet.
Kaden jolted upright in shock.
Raven's shaking finger jabbed wildly in a direction.
