Nathan felt extremely suspicious as he realized how different Hilda was behaving after speaking to the old monk.

She seemed to be keeping something to herself, so much so that the smile on her face looked contrived.

He waited for an opportunity where Hilda was not within ear's reach to ask the old monk what happened. The old monk simply answered ambiguously, "Let nature take its course."

The monk had this aura of all knowing wisdom around him, Nathan could tell that there was something he told Hilda then that must have caused her to act so reservedly.

A few more days after they returned from the mountains would be...