“You asked how my brothers died?”
“I did”
Austin is so hesitant, he needs to know it all, but he is terrified. He reaches up and wipes Harlow’s never-ending tears. Watching Leif like that, maybe she didn’t notice back then because she was so wrapped up in her own grief, she was so busy mourning a person that was still there.
She didn’t notice how defeated he looked at that moment, his back that was always straight as an arrow looked so subdued. Leif had a way about him. He attracted everyone to him like a moth to the flame. It wasn’t just his good looks, it was his natural charisma. It was all gone. If she didn’t know it was him, if it wasn’t a moment she was a part of, she wouldn’t know it was him.
“The short answer is that your brothers killed them”
Austin takes a deep breath in, th
