Chapter 41

Nate's POV

She couldn’t say anything. She couldn’t move. Her uncle was dead? How? When?

I understood that she was shocked. I couldn’t say anything else. If she was acting this way when I just told her that her uncle was dead, how would she act when she finds out that I was the one who was responsible for her uncle’s death? I had planned on telling her that I was responsible for her uncle’s death, but since she is acting this way, then I would have to leave that part.

“How on earth did he die?” She asked when she finally got her voice.

“He was killed by some hunters. I can’t even tell who they are. From what I had gathered, he was killed because he wanted to trespass into their land or something. I can’t really remember,” I lied.

She couldn’t believe her ears. Her uncle Augustus was dead?

“But who could have killed my uncle? How did they trespass into our territory? Whose territory was it? Too many questions runs through my head as