Chapter Fifty Three

LUCY

My nights were filled with sorrow whenever I remembered Lothar's words. My heart crushed at the thought of what my father must have gone through.

"Lucy, darling. You've been quiet for a few days now which is unlike you. What is going on?" my mother asked one night as she noticed my quietness.

"It's nothing, mother. I'm good, I just need some time alone," I lied. I couldn't bring myself to tell my mother what I had come to realize, the truth about my father's death. It would only break her and I couldn't bear to see her in so much pain as she was when she first realized that he was dead.

My quietness gave my mother a reason to be concerned so I decided to stop sulking and carry on with my duties.

As I stepped out of my hut, my eyes landed on Cade. A torrent of anger and grief surged within me, the memories of my father's death, the pain of betrayal, and the weight of the truth about Cade being involved in his death came crushing in. All I wanted to do at that moment was to cru