SAGE
I lowered myself onto the couch and leaned back, letting out a slow breath I hadn't realised I had been holding.
For several seconds, I simply stared at the floor.
My mother thought she was telling me something I hadn't already considered.
If only she knew.
The moment she mentioned Blood Crescent, I almost laughed.
Because it had been the very first solution that came to my mind when everything started falling apart initially.
I had known.
Long before the council brought Alexander's name into the discussion.
Long before Mother suggested speaking to Faye.
I already knew the situation on the ground needed a serious intervention, and I knew our options. I had weighed them all, and I already knew the best one we had.
I wasn't as unbothered as everyone thought.
The problem had
