Chapter 56

-Willow-

“How is he doing?” Eva asked me as she sat across from across me.

We hadn’t spoken in a while for more than one reason. She knew I knew she had told Cain about the powder, and I had been mad, but after everything, it felt so small compared to what we were now dealing with. So I had called her, and she had come over. Though I knew she didn’t care much about Cain, I knew she was very worried about me if she had gone to him with her concerns, and for her to ask how he was meant a lot.

“Not good,” I admitted. “I catch him up at night just staring out the window.”

“Weren’t you going to see Carter?”

“We were. Cain wants to get more wolves out there to help, and we have already sent some fighters ourselves, but he knows his brother isn’t doing very well, and I think he wants to pick the right moment.”

“Which is when? If Cain is walking around like a zombie, I’m guessing Carter is too."Eva asked.

“Yeah, he isn’t doing very well either. I almost feel more bad for him,” I admitt