Nathaniel froze at the mention of his mother, or in this case the woman whom he had called mother while seeking refuge in Arlington City.
She was another reason why he had returned.
Five years ago he had left so abruptly that he couldn't even explain things to her.
He simply vanished into the night, and like Maya, she never heard from him again.
The fact that Jay knew something about his mother and failed to tell him disappointed Nathaniel. If it weren't for the fact that he had never mentioned searching for her to his friend, he would have been furious.
"What does he know? What do you know?" Nathaniel asked, sounding a little bit too desperate for his liking.
Randolf smiled, it seemed that the desperation in his tone had been spot on.
The leaders of the Syndicate knew that they had him, that they had managed to find what would get him to plead with them.
