Cole's expression shifted, the anger easing just enough for something more complicated to show through. "Then she'll ask for you. And if she does, I'll be the first person to get out of your fu.cking way. But until then, let her have one peaceful night."
Jace swallowed the response burning on his tongue.
"You're a real piece of s**t, you know that?"
Cole shrugged. "Yeah, I've heard that before. Good luck convincing Sage that I'm the asshole when she's the one who doesn't want to see your face right now."
That one landed exactly where Cole intended.
Jace felt the familiar ache beneath his ribs, the one he had been trying to ignore since Sage began pulling away from him. He had told himself he would be patient, that he would prove himself through actions rather than promises.
Yet every
