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curiosity killed the cat . satisfaction brought it back
Of course he'd ask her what she meant by 'too late', he hadn't known that she'd been there in the shadows when he had found his family. He wouldn't know that the death of his mate and child had been the turning point for her, where the flames of her suspicions had been turned into a wildfire. She could feel the growing distance between them and the absence of his bodyheat against her side made her shiver in the cool water.
"I was already investigating the Makutano before they killed your family." Ada began. "From what I could piece together about what I'd been able to gather there was going to be an attack on the village. I ordered more soldiers there and I was on my way.... but when I got there it was already burned. No soldiers .... just bodies." Her eyes closed as her memory drifted back to thatt day. It waas one of the many nightmares she'd lived while in Dorobo.
"I was there when you found your family." Another truth came forth, but her eyes remained closed. "I didn't come out and say anything because... grief is something very personal. I didn't feel that it would be right to come out and talk to you, btu I also didn't trust you." She opened her eyes then and turned her head to look at Tembovu. "Grief often manifests in anger and I didn't want to risk dying before I found out the truth and put it all out in the open."
She paused, watching Tembovu's face and studying his body language for any signs of anger toward her for what she revealed. "I was surprised when they sent you after me." The cheetah pressed on. "But after what you saw ... I was hopeful that I could trust you with what I had found out." And how relieved she was that she'd been correct.
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"I was already investigating the Makutano before they killed your family." Ada began. "From what I could piece together about what I'd been able to gather there was going to be an attack on the village. I ordered more soldiers there and I was on my way.... but when I got there it was already burned. No soldiers .... just bodies." Her eyes closed as her memory drifted back to thatt day. It waas one of the many nightmares she'd lived while in Dorobo.
"I was there when you found your family." Another truth came forth, but her eyes remained closed. "I didn't come out and say anything because... grief is something very personal. I didn't feel that it would be right to come out and talk to you, btu I also didn't trust you." She opened her eyes then and turned her head to look at Tembovu. "Grief often manifests in anger and I didn't want to risk dying before I found out the truth and put it all out in the open."
She paused, watching Tembovu's face and studying his body language for any signs of anger toward her for what she revealed. "I was surprised when they sent you after me." The cheetah pressed on. "But after what you saw ... I was hopeful that I could trust you with what I had found out." And how relieved she was that she'd been correct.
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Adaeze
@Tembovu
