Chapter 54 Did you kiss him?

Liya's POV

"What?!"

I could hardly comprehend what I'd just heard Gunter say. His face hardened as he stared into space, leaving me to fully digest the weight of his words.

I'd heard countless times about his mother's death, but I never knew exactly how she died. Now that Gunter revealed that it was from wolfsbane poisoning, I began to see the possibility of a pattern here. The only reasonable conclusion that would piece all this together was just one; there was also a witch in this pack!

I turned to Gunter to see if he thought the same. The pain etched on his face at his mother's memory made me feel sorry that we had to discuss this in the first place. But I said nothing, giving him the chance to regain his composure. When he finally spoke, the words pierced through me like a silver blade.

"She was poisoned."

I took a deep breath, recalling just how hard I'd taken it when I saw my father's corpse lying helplessly in front of me.

"We never found the culprit, but Father mentioned on ma