chapter 44

Sage One Week Later Sweat glistens on my skin as I wait for Jonah to get home from school. It is sweltering today as I wait for the bus that would drop Jonah at the end of the entryway into the pack. Laying on the grass under the shade of a tree, I sit up when I hear the bus coming down the road. The blue and white bus pulls up just as I get to my feet. “Momma,” Jonah squeals, jumping down the bus steps and skipping to me with a picture in his hand. I smile down at him as he shows me a picture he has painted. “Oh wow, it is lovely,” I tell him, taking it from his little hands as the bus pulls away, leaving. “Do you like it?” He asks, and I nod before reaching down and hugging him, his scent soothing after the boring day I have had. Andrei has been busy in the city helping Lucas, but he rang me a few hours ago to tell me he is on his way home. I am expecting him back any minute. He is trying to get home before Jonah finishes school, but must have gotten stuck in the evening traffic. “Ca