A big paw reaches across my stomach, rolls me over to my side, and embraces me into a hug. Sage kisses my temple—like a loving friend, not like a quick lay—and whispers something I cannot decipher. “What did you say?” I murmur, allowing my head to rest on his iron pecs. He doesn’t answer, and I don’t probe, falling asleep in the arms of the boy I pieced back together myself with a hug.
