Damien's POV
"Damien!" I'm still on the floor outside Aurora's door when Nova comes running down the corridor.
"What happened? What's going on?" She skids to a stop in front of me, chest heaving.
I don't answer. My throat is locked shut around everything I'm not saying, and if I open my mouth right now I don't know what actually comes out of it.
She crouches in front of me, gripping my shoulders, shaking me once just to get a reaction.
"Say something! You didn't, you didn't actually kill her father, did you?"
I hold her gaze and say nothing. My hands are curled into fists against my knees, and I have to consciously will my fingers to stay closed instead of finding the wall again.
"You don't need to know about this." The words come out low, flat, forced through a jaw clenched so ti
