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“Yeah?”
“Ares? She’s gone!” Ranger yells into the line. I chuckle.
“She isn’t gone. She’s here with me.”
“What? What do you mean? She didn’t say anything to me or Karen.”
“I know. I kidnapped her. You should really get a better system, Ranger. For all the army bullshit, you should be smarter than this,” I tell him.
“You fucking kidnapped her again? Jesus Christ, Ares!”
“You know as well as I do she wasn’t going to come with me willingly. I did what I had to do.”
“And she’s okay?”
“She’s fine. She’s asleep,” I tell him. I hear him blow out a breath on the other end.
“You fucking owe me.”
“For what?”
“Cutting my goddamn electricity, asshole.” Now I laugh.
“I got you, Ranger.”
“Where are you anyway? Karen wants to see that she’s okay.”
“Can’t take my word for it?” I ask.
“Not a chance in hell,” he replies, causing me to laugh more. I rattle off the address when he says he’ll see me soon. I hang up and toss the phone onto the bed next to me when Sage pops her head up to look at me. Those goddamn ice-blue eyes that almost got her killed blaze with life.
“He wasn’t happy, was he?”
“No. He didn’t think I should have kidnapped you again, and in thirty minutes, he and Karen are going to be knocking on the door.”
“Why?”
“She doesn’t believe you’re okay,” I tell her. She smiles, and it fucks me up inside. I love that smile. I love that look on her face. “I got you something.”
“What is it?” she asks. I motion for her to sit up, and she does. I follow her, sitting up and reaching into the bedside drawer, pulling out the small box before turning to face her. Sage watches me, unsure what to do.
“I know I fucked up. I know I’m going to fuck up more in the future, but that’s all I want, Sage, is the future. I want you and this baby. I want to do better for her. It’s just hard for me.”
“You’re doing fine, Ares. You’re going to be a great father.”
“I don’t know about that. I don’t know what I’m doing, Sage. I don’t want to fuck this kid up,” I admit to her.
“You won’t. We got this.”
“When I cut your palm, I made you a vow. I vowed I would never be without you, Little Lamb. And I know in your world, the real world, that you want more and need more. So, I got you this,” I tell her as I pop the lid on the box. Inside is a sparkling black diamond. Sage’s eyes widen as she takes it in. Then she looks back up at me.
“Are you kidding me?”
“No. I want to do this right. I want to do what you would do in the real world. I want to marry you, Sage.” Now tears leak down her cheeks. I lean in and lick them away. A laugh catches in her throat as I pull back, take the ring from the box, and grab her hand.
“Ares,” she says softly.
“I can’t promise you I’ll always be good. I can’t promise I’ll always do the right things because this is new to me, Sage. But I can promise to take care of you and this baby and be the best I can.”
