NINA POV
My heart was practically beating outside my chest. Every step I took toward the bush was heavy, loud, like the ground could feel my guilt. The thought of someone catching us …. catching me… sent a cold shiver racing down my spine.
I took one more step…
Something jumped out.
“Ah!” I gasped before realizing, it was just a cat. A skinny, scruffy thing mewing as it darted away into the shadows.
I let out a long breath.
“It’s just a scared cat,” I hissed, forcing irritation into my voice to hide how shaken I was.
I turned to Nanny Paula.
She still looked dead …. pale, trembling, eyes unfocused.
"Pathetic" I muttered under my breath.
I walked ahead, letting the cold night breeze wash over me. It brushed against my skin as if whispering the truth of what we’d just done. As if t
