Sirius can only shake his head again, hands wrapping tight around his broken wand as the panic builds in his throat. It's a sensation he hasn't felt since he was last at Godric's Hollow, when he found the little bungalow aflame and James and Lily...

"No," he says, his voice trembling as he meets Kell's worried eyes. His friend is a bloodied mess, his arms in shreds because of Sirius and for no reason at all. Sirius shakes his head, hair falling into his watering eyes. "No, he's-- He can't be gone. Kell."