chapter 53

Andrei It is a nice day today as I help Ezra start the barbecue. I chop onions while he cooks when Mateo and my father walk out with beers in their hands. My father offers me one, but I shake my head. “Can’t drink, I have to drive,” I tell him, and he shrugs before sitting at the outside table next to me. My father opens his bottle and takes a sip. “Sage is quiet,” he observes, and I glance at him. “Yeah, she isn’t used to people,” I agree. “Is she adjusting? Kat said she was scared of you, she seems fine around you now though?” My father asks, and I bite my tongue to stop snapping at him. Of course, I would happily talk about anything with him but her and our relationship, though when Ezra asks, I know I have no choice. They seem to have a keen interest for some reason that unnerves me. “Yes, she let me sleep in the bed with her the last few nights; she marked me by accident which has helped massively because she can feel everything I do,” I confess with a shrug. Mateo looks at Ezra f