“Father, there is some bad news,” Lucius says. He looks over at Regulus who swallows and looks up at Abraxas. He’s a lovely boy, but he doesn’t have Orion’s eyes. In a moment, Abraxas becomes very grateful for this.
“Mr. Malfoy, my father passed away this morning,” Regulus says in a monotone.
Abraxas will suppose, later, that in that moment he feels a lot of different things. The one emotion that stands out, however, is regret.
What exactly it is that he regrets, Orion’s ‘Brax does not deign to know.
I can picture that happening. Very nicely done, mystery author.