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CHAPTER35
Owen
My body feels too light, as if I’m trying to run on the moon. Too much blood has gone to my dick. That, or I’m still mentally reeling from what Evie just told me.
Now that the endorphins are wearing off, that feeling is back. Like I’m coated with rancid oil. But there’s no time to dwell on that, because as soon as we burst out onto the quad, a wave of panic and fear slams into me. If Evie’s sudden death grip on my hand is any indication, she’s swept up by it too.
The music has stopped. People are streaming out of the dance tent, their heads craned upward, everyone staring in horror.
It doesn’t take long to figure out what they’re staringat.
“Oh, my God!” Evie pulls out of my grip. “Owen… it’s Willow.”
If my chest hadn’t constricted to the size of a grapefruit, I might have been able to say something. Instead, all I can do is tip back my head and stare, like everyone else.
Emotions rush through me like a flood.
I’m still in disbelief about the video. A part of me knows it isn’t true… another part of me always knew it was. I’m waging a war inside. The way Evie acted floored me… and I’m sickened by how much I enjoyed it. I don’t know if it was her taking charge, or the pain and humiliation on her face moments before, but I feel like I’ve touched dark matter.
Which would explain why I feel so fucking dirty.
“Willow!” Evie yells out beside me, and then squeezes my hand twice as hard as before. “Oh, God, Owen, she won’t, w-will she?”
My heart cracks in a thousand places when I hear that catch in Evie’s voice. She’s transfixed on the scene playing out above us. My eyes move reluctantly from her face to the bell tower.
I have to force myself to look higher, and my stomach clenches painfully when I don’t immediately see Willow.
She’s jumped…
But then I find her—a smudge of shadow against the bell tower’s pale stone walls.
“No, she won’t.” I tug free of Evie’s hand, and she’s so intent on looking up, it’s as if she doesn’t notice. Instead, she claps both her hands over her mouth, shaking her head.
I turn and sprint away. I haven’t gone two steps, and I’m already missing Evie.
