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“I just don’t understand,” Nellie whimpered, wiping tears from her cheeks. “One day we are in a prestigious society, the next we have bounties on our heads. And you’re just okay with that?”
Sage shrugged, a small frown playing on her lips. “You get to the point where your animosity overrides your integrity.”
“Hear! Hear!” Ravage held his glass high. “That’s my girl.”
Sage smiled, and when she turned her back toward everyone, it immediately dropped. “We need to get my mom out of there,” she whispered, her voice filled with a mixture of fear and determination. “I only want a few of us to know about it.”
I took her hand and headed fifteen feet away from the bonfire surrounded by people, and whispered low enough the vampires would hear but no one else. “Hey, Winnie. Be chill and come here.”
He got up and messed around with the fire, then slowly made his way toward us, his brows knitted together. “What up, bro?”
“You got a burner and a few minutes to spare?”
He tilted his head. “Always.”
I tipped my face toward Sage. “Go with him and call your mom.”
She nodded, quietly walking off with Winnie.
Despite the urge to take her to call her mom, the toll of today’s repeated conversations weighed heavily on me, a reminder of my long incarceration in mostly silence.
Seeking solitude, I headed into the woods and walked around for a few minutes and took in a few deep breaths, savoring the earthy scent of the trees.
I had been longing all day for a chance to have a private moment with Sage, and then I had a perfect idea.
Chapter 33
Sage
Once me and Winnie arrived back at the bonfire, Ravage had music on and Luka was nowhere to be found. I sat there quietly with my thoughts before he finally plopped down next to me.
“We good?” he asked, with a sly smile that didn’t really fit the situation.
“Yeah. Why are you grinning?”
His gaze locked on mine, the bonfire flickering in his beautiful blue eyes. “I just love you.”
Emotion overwhelmed me, and my heart swelled with intensity. I was about to respond when the fast-paced music abruptly stopped.
The song changed to “Unchained Melody,” the Smith and Myers version.
Zeke stood and took the baby monitor from April, setting it on the ground. “Come on, babe.”
He pulled her to her feet and she wrapped her arms around his neck. They swayed to the music, and my chest filled with love while I watched them.
Enjoying the moment, I leaned my head on Luka’s shoulder and felt the warmth of his arm as he slid it around me, gently drumming his fingers down my back.
Jimmy got up and approached Nellie. “Would you like to dance with me?” His voice was uncertain, but it filled me with pride knowing he had stepped out of his comfort zone. She graciously accepted his offer and began dancing with him.
“Shit, mama. We can do better than them.” Winnie pulled Lyric to her feet as she giggled. I was happy they were back together.
Erik said nothing as he took Kimber’s hand.
Marcus stood, peering down at Peach with more love than I’d ever seen in someone’s eyes, and held out his hand. “My lady.”
Peach graciously accepted and a happy sigh left me. I had found him earlier, and he assured me he was grateful to be alive and knew I forced Winnie to change him out of love.
Lynx and Carmen had returned to camp earlier, not long after leaving, because they were on the wanted list and Ravage said it would be safer here. I didn’t know Carmen at all, but she seemed nice to me.
