Understanding Moon Moon

Chapter Six

"Wait a minute, shouldn't you be at a party right now?" I say stopping on the steps of the porch.

"Eh, no." Sage replies a bit sheepishly. "The party was moved to tomorrow night."

"Please don't tell me it was because of me running off." I say in a panicked tone.

"No, I found you in about two minutes."

"Really?" I ask, not sure if I should feel touched.

"The party was canceled due to the rouge attack. It was well past dark when I returned and Phoebe came running out of the house to tell me you were missing and she had checked everywhere." He says waiting for me to climb the last steps.

"Then how did you find me so fast? My scent?"

"To be perfectly honest I was too stricken with panic to pick it up." He says turning away, a bit of color rising on his neck.

"Then how?" I ask with a smile.

"Well I knew you had either gone back to your family and most likely gotten lost or done what I would had done in your situation, go find somewhere to be alone. And since no one had found you lost in the woods, I went with the second option."

"But the ridge?"

"It's where I go." He shrugs. "That's why this house is where it is. No one else knows that clearing is up there." He says before opening the front door.

Once we enter I notice a light under the swinging door on our right.

"We must have worried them." I say pointing to the light.

Sage pushes the door open to the kitchen and all eyes turn to us. Blair rushes to meet us first and throws her arms around both of us.

"Oh thank goodness you two are safe! It's dangerous out there with all that's going on right now!"

Over her shoulder I see Phoebe and Steffani sitting at the island with their mother and Sammy, whom has fallen asleep with his head in his arms, and the dark skinned man from before that Phoebe spoke too. My eyes almost immediately dart to him looking so out of place compared to the pale complexions of the others.

"We must have worried you if the whole family's awake." Sage says with a chuckle.

"I thought you said you have one brother." I say quietly giving him the side eye.

"Blood brother yes. You never asked about brother in laws." He smiles back.

Before I can ask we are interrupted by Steffani, whom in the mean time had made her way to us with Phoebe and caught a glimpse of the fresh blood beginning to stain Sage's shirt.

"Well no wonder you took so long." She cries cheerfully making Blair release us. "Somebody was busy." She adds wiggling a finger in my direction.

I can feel the heat rise in my cheeks as she steps forward to investigate.

"Did it hurt?" She asks before poking it.

Sage cries out in pain and his knees begin to buckle. I quickly try to catch him and help him back up while Blair gets very close to me.

"But she's clean." She remarks as her closeness begins to make me uncomfortable.

"Leave the lovebirds alone." The supposed brother in law laughs.

"Goddess knows it's annoying enough." Phoebe mumbles rolling her eyes.

As Blair and Steffani back away I notice the mark on Phoebe's shoulder.