~ Nathan’s POV Everything slowed down and my heart began to throb, each beat sending out jolts of pain through my body. I was distressed and hated myself at that moment for not being able to save Albert’s sister. Another jolt of pain lanced through me as I watched Albert scream out in pain, still holding on tightly to his little sister's body. My hand went to my chest, as I tried to hold back my wince of pain, still staring down at his trembling frame around his sister's body. His people also joined him. I only stared at them as I didn't know what to do or say at that moment. After some minutes, they all stopped crying, Albert still panting as he held his sister’s dead body. In that somber tableau, the little girl's presence lingered—an innocent soul lost to the unforgiving hands o