From the way he had managed to dig a six-feet deep hole the size of a man within an hour, she came to the conclusion that it was not the first time he was burying a man.
And she was as guilty as he was… if things were to play out badly.
Even when he rolled the body into the hole he had dug, he didn't ask for her assistance.
"Have you done this before?" She finally asked.
Without bothering to glance in her direction, he said, "As a soldier, it is part of your duty to put your fallen comrades to rest."
Oh.
So now what?
What would their lives be like now that they shared such a dark secret?
"What if father finds out?"
He looked sharply at her. "Do you plan to tell him?"
She gulped.
