Chapter 45

Lincoln's hands grew weak immediately. 

Whaat??? Sally?? Martha's friend??

His brows arched as he looked at the man who was still panting heavily.

"You liar" he growled. "You're trying to blame someone else for your own mistakes?? Tell me the truth or I'll kill you?!!" 

"It is the truth!" The man yelled in fear just as the King lifted the sword again.

He couldn't take it anymore. Never.

"You can ask your sister" he continued, his eyes nearly bulging out. "When you were still sick and she'd discovered the healer could be of help, who was the first and only person she told?? It was her friend. Apart from both of you, who else knew about the secret of the bond? It was her friend! Apart from both of you, who else knew about the boy - Aiken? It was her friend! Sally had always been the third party in everything! You just never noticed!"

Lincoln was finding it so hard to believe; the words were too heavy for him.

Although, he wasn'