She lay relaxed in my arms, her head curled into my chest and I wasn’t ashamed to hold her close, it had been weeks since I had even seen her face and I was taking a selfish moment to cradle her, her breathing was steady, but I could tell her mind was not as she scrunched her face in pain. “Willow your okay” her face relaxed but I could tell she was hurting, Jakes death was affecting us all, but Willow was hurting the most. Our cars had arrived, so I placed Willow into the back of mine and waited for Marcus to arrive, I feared that he could not get to Jake and this would ultimately break Willow. My chest pained from the loss, but I had to be strong and be a leader, we had taken casualties and not all were able to make it out of the building, we tri

