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“He refuses to eat, Doctor Ishman. What do we do?”

“We’re going to have to sedate him, Bill.”

Dreams. So many dreams.

Chapter 20

Sage

Acouple of days have passed since we discussed Nellie potentially being a spy for Venom. Since then, we held meetings in private, excluding her, her boyfriend Jimmy, and the quiet Randi from the discussions.

It hurt leaving Jimmy out, but everyone was concerned he would tell Nellie things, and that’s the price you pay for dating a blabber mouth, I guess. As far as Randi goes, I didn’t know her as well as Jimmy, and after the suspicions with Nellie, I was keeping my eye on her too.

Since we only had two days before we infiltrated one of the VRC locations, I’d woken before the sun set so I could practice.

Currently, all three of the ex-Venom members along with a few other humans and wolven were standing on the sidelines watching Marcus whip my ass.

“Come on, Marcus,” Nellie cheered, and fiery anger flooded me.

I whipped my head toward her, taking my attention off Marcus for a mere second and a fist landed on my face.

Pain radiated through my teeth as blood filled my mouth, forcing a vexed scream from me.“Fuck!”

“You shouldn’t have looked away,” Marcus teased.

“I would have never been off my game like this.” I spit out the metallic wetness, then looked back at Nellie. “Don’t you have some place else to fucking be?”

“Sage!” Marcus reprimanded, dropping his defensive stance.

I ignored him, locking my heated gaze on Nellie until Jimmy stepped in front of her, blocking my view.

“Let’s go eat breakfast. I’ll make those pancakes you loved so much.”

He took Nellie’s hand, pulling her toward his cabin.

“Are you okay?” Randi asked in a sweet voice. “Do you need a bottle of water or something?”

I shook my head because all I wanted was for her to stop staring at me like I was about to spontaneously combust.

“She actually does need some water.” Marcus’s tone was calm and collected, but I had a feeling once we were alone, it wasn’t going to be. “Could you grab a couple room temperature ones from my cabin, please?”

“Sure. I’ll be right back.”

Randi walked away and Marcus’s gaze went to everyone else. “Could you guys give us a minute?”

“We need to do a perimeter run,” Drag said, nodding his head toward the woods, and Heston followed him.

“It’s about time for Scarlet’s next feeding,” April said, admiring the little one in her arms before her eyes went to me with kindness. “Good luck, Sage.”

Once Zeke and April left, and no one else was around, Marcus didn’t hesitate to tear into me. “What the hell is your problem?”

Thoughts of failing this mission swarmed through my mind. “I’m too damn weak for this. I’m going to get myself or someone else killed!”

“Hey, hey! That’s enough of that shit,” Marcus snapped, his brows tightening, his finger pointed at me. “I don’t ever want to hear you say anything like that again.”

“It’s true, Marcus!” I dropped my chin to my chest and rubbed my hand across the back of my neck, attempting to relieve the tension.

“Look at me.”

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