Lacking Humanity|Half Crescent

Chapter Thirty-Three (Rewritten)

* * *

When morning came, Sage was still heavily asleep. And somewhere in the night, Andy caught that she had taken another sweater to keep warm.

Even when he was right here beside her.

It caused him to grow confused on the situation, and got the best of him while he went through the motions of getting ready for the day.
Hadn't they conserved heat during their travels?

Though, thankfully his wolf was chiding him on what could be wrong. Besides the truth of Sage being exhausted, he didn't know Lucy's scent would pass over like that or be so potent.

And the last thing he wanted was to piss her or her wolf off.

"Get up soon?" She whispered into the pillow.
"Probably be best. The times are different here, hun. Wake up at sunrise and try to go to bed just after dark."
"Winter's hard." She grumbled, in sitting up, Sage had been caught by the welcome of the morning's cooling draft, after allowing the blanket to slip down from her shoulders. Not at all what she had been prepared to welcome so early on.

It only made her desperate for the heated blanket she had back at home. All it took was a click of a button to control the temperature. And no doubt, if Sage had it now, she would have it set to high.

"We're not even in winter yet, this is their autumn. The furnace was always shitty on this side of the pack house. It's—"
"Witches can help fix it. Oak Wood deserves...Up—Upgrades." She said with a loud yawn, even though she was on the verge of falling asleep while sitting up. He watched her start to add another layer and wake herself up.

Course, the refreshing slash of water caused an erupted gasp to escape her, and it was safe to say that it was freezing, just like the rest of the room.

With the Half Crescent and Black Crescent wolves coming out of their rooms, they met in the main area—Where Alanna had looked beautiful once more, though this time, her braids were freshly done minutes ago rather than last night's leftovers.

Andy quickly summarized last night who Hera was, and once Alanna knew the truth, a special catering act was set in place.

She spoke slowly and was careful not to confuse the Luna, and sure, there were times that people thought her stupid or dumb—Or a retarded mutt, but this was worse. Much worse.

"What's wrong?" Elena asked, with Severin just beside her.
It had relieved Sage that someone had noticed, but all she could do was let out an exhausted sigh as she leaned further into the couch.

There were two things wrong. Lucy was once again entertaining their foolish Alpha, and Oak Wood's Luna thought of her as an invalid, which she Linked both problems to.

"Oof, yeah, that's a tough one." Severin huffed, eyeing the scene just before him. It earned him an elbow to his stomach, but the male didn't flinch. He did, however, flash his Luna a smile since it was clear that she liked his little saying.

At least he managed to cheer her up because, while coming together to the large table, Lucy was beside Andy.

Luna Alanna huffed impatiently. "Lucy, you've kept that seat warm long enough." Upon meeting the she-wolf gaze, she shrugged.
"I'm sure she wouldn't mind sitting with the other females at the end. You said they were all imprisoned together?" Lucy asked, completely heartless as to what being imprisoned actually meant. 

Sage's eyes dulled—She did not want to give in to temptation, but it was getting difficult to hold herself back from someone as ignorant of a situation as she was.

Or for the fact it was obvious she and Andy were more than friends at one point, or so says Sage's instinct, at the very least.

As she looked at Andy for a possible sign of redemption, Grey stepped up. "It's better to sit beside me, Luna. I've got the potato plater right in front of me." Sage didn't hesitate after that, having been one of the last remaining to stand.
She already looked foolish. She didn't need any more strikes above her head.