Sage Pov
After the kiss, everything was reeling. We pulled away from each other silently, staring each other in the eyes, and I was speechless. Everything I was feeling was overwhelming me. Guilt that I was doing this when Falyn needed me. Guilt that I was doing this when it wasn’t going to come to anything. In the end…he was going home, and I was staying here. Rhys silently watched me fall apart in front of him, his pinky finger wrapped around mine, and I nearly lost it. A promise, a promise that everything will be okay. A promise that no matter what, it’ll be fine. He lowered his head and I backed up, my butt hitting the ground as I let go of him. I was panicking, unsure what to do or say. Did it mean anything to him? Or was this just another way he was going to tease me? I was too scar
