Tonks stared at him helplessly when Lupin sat before her. He looked so.. frail, still suffering the after effects of the transformation no doubt and now with the added apprehension she could see flickering behind his eyes. She sighed shakily, wishing she could reassure him or sit down or take his hand or something, but procedure was that one stood whenever breaking bad news to family and friends of the.. Of a victim.
Tonks shook her head, "No, that's not..." It surprised her how she desperately wanted to tell him James was fine, that it wasn't him, but even if he wasn't who she was here to tell Lupin about she still couldn't make that promise and she sighed, "That's not it. There's still no news on James. It's.." She swallowed past a painful knot caught in her throat and forced herself to meet his eyes, "Lupin. Remus. It's.. It's Lily. She was.. She was taken last night from her home. Godric's Hollow is gone, they.. Burned it down, but we found no evidence of there having been.. People inside when it happened."