Chapter 111

I was quite surprised that, despite all the hints, Johanna didn’t ask questions about Elena. I didn’t know if he didn’t care or if he preferred not to comment on the subject; his scent didn’t tell me anything, ironically.

I tried to remember where I had left off and started with the most obvious:

“It happened in a moment. My whole reality broke. A lot changed from that night,” I commented, feeling quite guilty even so many years later. “Nika suffered a lot with what happened to Hans. He was right in front of him when they shot him, he saw him fall and held him in his arms until he died. She and Chris were always very close, they are the youngest, but they grew apart because Nika was angry that Chris could deal more coldly with his father’s death. Even I thought Chris took it too well; and although both are soldiers and are trained to face situations like this, each one experienced the duel in their own way. Hilda, the person most similar to Hans, became almost Nika’s onl