Chapter 16

Willow POV

I sit in the chair beside Prissy’s bed. She is sleeping peacefully. She is injured because she was protecting my siblings. I hope our life is not always like this. How could anyone hurt a woman so kind and gentle? Prissy would never hurt a soul.

She moves very little. Her skin is pale. She looks so frail lying here in the bed. Lazarus has to be losing his mind. I will care for his mother while he figures out how to save my siblings.

Lazarus comes to the door. “Willow, I need you to notify the council. I cannot. The duty is yours,” he says.

“I understand,” I say.

He hands me a phone to make the call. “I will leave you to make the call,” he says.

He turns to leave. “No, wait. I may need you,” I say.

He looks at his mother and then at me. “It hurts me to see her this way,” he says.

“I know. At least your mother is alive,” I say.

“You are right, Willow. I should not abandon her. She needs me. I will stay while you make the call,” he says.