Jace frowned. "You know why."
"No, I mean really think about it." Cole gestured toward him. "Did we actually know her?"
Jace didn't answer. "Did we know where she came from? Who she belonged to? Why she was alone? Anything?"
"No."
"Exactly…" Cole leaned forward. "We just believed she was homeless."
Jace's expression changed. "That day..."
Jace leaned against the wall, his eyes unfocusing as the memory returned.
That day had started with Sage laughing and it's not the careful little laugh she had learned to use around people.
A real bright one that was unrestrained.
She had been so excited that morning because it was her first time hunting with them. She had kept asking questions before they'd even reached the woods.
What were they going to hunt?
How far were they going?
Could s
