Nathaniel prayed within himself that what Amir just said wasn't true. He hoped that when he asked the shaken man in his grasp another question, he would claim it was a joke.

"What do you mean by dead?" Nathaniel carefully demanded.

"He was murdered by… by those men at the mansion and-"

Nathaniel felt his head banging hard. His friend was dead?

His friend was dead...

It sounded so false that he instantly felt like slapping Amir out of whatever trance he was in.

But with a quick look at the ...