Chapter 107. Losing Willow (2)

Nicholas’s POV

She nodded, giving me another sad smile before entering the room.

I was escorted to the waiting area, finding my mother sobbing in a chair with my father kneeling in front of her. He stood as I approached.

“Have they told you anything?”

I shook my head. “No. Nothing.”

He looked down at my hands. “You should clean yourself up.”

I glanced down to see what he meant and found my hands covered with dried blood. Willow’s blood.

I had her blood on my hands, both literally and figuratively. Even though Rosemary had pushed her, this was all my fault. I had brought Willow here. Brought her into my world. Left her open to attack and didn’t protect her when it happened. She was hurt because of me.

I slumped down in a chair, leaning forward and gripping my hair. And that was how the longest few weeks of my life began.

Geoffrey and Virgil showed up soon after, and my mother was given something to calm her down. I was give