Guilt.
It flooded through me the moment that I found myself watching her ascend the stairs, and no matter how much I wanted to convince myself that it would be best for me to stay down here, I still had the urge to call her back, to go after her and make sure that she wasn’t upset with me.
But I couldn’t do that. I needed some time away from her so that I could think clearly. Even though the reason why I had taken her away from the infirmary was because I couldn’t seem to think straight without her.
It was like there was no way for me to win, no way to get out of this horrid situation, and there was nothing that I could do about it.
I took a deep breath, turning around in order to observe my surroundings. The place was just as I had left it—and the moment that we had walked in, I h
