Chapter 64

"Lily Maxwell is a human, Leo will be fine," Nile corrects, helping me back up to my feet. I try and release myself from Nile's grip, only for him to hold tighter as I begin to stumble.  Shaking my head, I try and refute Nile, telling me I need to be there for Leo one more time. I know Nile is leading me down to one of the courtyards in the palace, right behind the throne room. This hallway leads there directly, right to a courtyard with a perfect diving point into the lake below. Nile does not expect for us to find any other way out due to the fire except to jump into the lake below.  My mind is flooded with questions of what could happen to Leo if I do not go to him...and what could happen if I do go to him. I would have to find him, to search through a burning palace as I risk my own life for someone who could already have been killed by Lily or the fire...or still alive. I may be able to find him, but we are werewolves, not witches. We cannot control the f