Clearly it’d affected him. He had huge anger issues. He had to know this had something to do with it. I felt disdain for his uncle and sorry for his father’s demise. Maybe things would’ve been different if his father were here or maybe not. What would Azriel be like if he’d had a normal upbringing.
“I’m sure your life experiences have taught you a lot, too,” he said.
I nodded.
“You haven’t had the easiest life,” he added.
“Yeah, true, but nothing like yours. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the constant threat, the violence.”
“It’s not always this amped. And I have plans so that when I take over things will transition and eventually most of the risky stuff will be phased out.”
I felt a spark of hope but it quickly extinguished as I recalled a scene in the Godfather when Michael Co
