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“This means we’re bound forever, Little Lamb. There’s no way you’re leaving me now.”
“I didn’t want to anyway.”
“Even if you did, death would be the only way out of this.”
“What is this, Ares?” she asks as our blood mixes.
“This is forever.” After what seems like hours, I pull her off the bench and take her back inside. She yawns, and I know this night has been long and hard on her. The rain washed away the blood from her body, so there was no need to put her in the shower.
Instead, I lead her inside and back down the stairs.
“One day, we’ll sleep upstairs,” I tell her. She nods her head as I walk her to the bed and lay her down on her stomach. Then I go into the bathroom and find some cream to put on her wounds. Once I find what I need, I come back out and walk toward her.
“Does it bother you?” she asks.
“What?”
“That he’s lying there,” she nods toward Juno’s body.
“No. I’ll clean it up while you’re sleeping.”
“You’re not leaving me?” she asks as I apply the cream to her back. I roll her onto her side once I’m finished and look her in the eye.
“I’m never leaving you, Sage.” She smiles at me even as her eyes close. I know she’s worn out from everything that’s happened, so I lay down beside her. But I can’t sleep. I prop myself up on my elbow and look over at my dead friend. How did my life come to this? Killing my best friend for a girl. If someone had told me that a year ago, I would have laughed in their face, but I didn’t know Sage then. Now? There’s no way I’m going to let anyone touch her again. No one. She’s mine and only mine.
I take a deep breath and blow it out before looking back down at her. I watch her sleep. That’s probably one of the new stalker traits I have now. I sit up at night and watch her sleep. I reach over and run my fingers along her cheek, where the blood has dried.
“You’re more like me now, Little Lamb, and I don’t know how I feel about that.”
22
Igot rid of his body. In fact, I took it out of Bellmont to get rid of it. I couldn’t risk anyone here finding him. Now, no one will ever find him. It was a bittersweet feeling, disposing of someone you killed who was once your brother.
Sage has been a little distant since then. It’s been a few weeks, and people are asking questions about Juno. Mainly my father. Wondering where he is and who he’s with. I haven’t told him shit, and that’s exactly the way it’s going to stay. I said he had a girlfriend outside of Bellmont, and he’s probably spending time with her. He bought it for a while, but now things are changing. Things are starting to heat up.
“I think we’re going to have to move,” I tell Sage as she sits on the couch, lost in her own little world.
“Where are we going?”
“I don’t know. I need to find us a place outside of Bellmont. It’s dangerous here after what I did to Juno.” She nods her head, but she still doesn’t look at me. She stares at the wall, not saying a word.
“Fine.”
“That’s it? Just fine?”
“What do you want me to say, Ares?”
“I want you to say what the fuck your problem is, Sage! You’ve been like this for weeks,” I roar at her. Now, she turns her head and looks at me, and I can see the sadness in her.
“I was attacked, Ares. Now, not only am I fat, I’m also ugly.” That’s it. I’m on my feet and moving toward her before she has the chance to move. I rip her off the couch and drag her to the bathroom, where I stand behind her, forcing her to look in the mirror. I grip her chin in my hand as we stare at the reflection in front of us.
“You, Sage, are fucking perfect. I don’t know how many times I have to say that.”
“You think what you say changes things?” she asks me.
“Do you trust me?” I ask her. She swallows hard as she looks at me in the mirror.
“Yes.”
