#CHAPTER 149: After Party

Zane POV There were no members of the press at the Erinose summer place “social” after the long day’s memorial services. How callous we would all look downing drinks and laughing after what we’d been through, but the day’s toll was precisely why we all needed this downtime. We were all exhausted and strung out, and without alcohol or something stronger in our systems, we weren’t going to sleep for days. I saw as Sarah entered the ballroom, looking fresh overall but bone-tired in her eyes. She’d been putting the girls to bed. I knew she had answered their hundreds of questions about the day, praised them for being so very good, and read a bit from The Little Mermaid before she’d kissed their foreheads and left them to sleep. I was going to walk over to her, but Melissa got there first, holding out a martini with three olives. I saw Sarah sip it cautiously, then smile in relief when it proved human-strength. It was odd, the way those two had bonded so well, a human plucked from o