...on his arms.

Derek held her as he laid her gently on the floor in his arms, her pink lips turning white. A tear fell from his eyes, and his knees fell, causing him to kneel. "Lia, please stay with me!" Derek said, rubbing his hands on hers as she looked at Derek with her smiling eyes. She knew it was time for her to meet her ancestors.

Lia slowly closed her eyes and said her last prayers, knowing she wouldn't make it.

Zach's eyes widened. "I killed her?" he muttered to himself. He felt guilty and ashamed of having murdered his slave girl whom he called him, he only...