Chapter 17
The ride back to Kings of Ruin territory felt like a funeral procession.
Sage sat in the backseat of the black SUV with Binx, Peaches, and Mochi resting inside their carriers on her lap. Every few minutes one of them would meow, and she'd slide her fingers through the metal bars to calm them down.
Outside the window, Tennessee rolled past in a blur.
Gas stations, Fast-food restaurants and Church billboards.
Pickup trucks and the familiar roads she'd spent years trying to forget.
Her stomach twisted. The farther they drove, the harder it became to breathe.
She hated that she still recognized everything.
A weathered diner appeared on the corner of an intersection, and Sage immediately remembered sitting there with Ethan after school when she was thirteen. They'd shared fri
