Lacking Humanity|Crescent Moon

Chapter Thirty-Eight

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Sage soon came out in the living room, her hair semi damp and dressed much more the part of a Luna than before.
"Laura make me wear shoes, I don't like shoes." Liam laughed, his mouth half-filled with food as he got a kick out of her hatred for them. Ever since he introduced them to her during their escape, she hated them.

"But these are the comfy ones, and when we're sitting at the table we can take them off. We can't let anyone know." Luke always forgot the Laura has a kid brother and sister, she surely had motherly qualities in her, but it only came out in private and only to Sage.

"Okay. Food?" 

"Yeah go eat something, the introductions are in half an hour." 

"You eat too." Liam smirked at his brother, Sage didn't know any better when she bossed them around that it was an order because it came from herself.

Sage had a choice whether she wanted to listen to any of them, even Remus' voice was one she just chose to follow. But they were the ones who wouldn't take that for advantage, instead the two males helped her fill her plate with a few snacks before they were set to return to the given parlor—Or that's what Liam joked to call it.

"Shoes off?" Sage whispered off to Luke, and he chuckled as he pointed off to their table. 

"When we're sitting hun, and not too much growling. Please?" She smiled rather brightly as he led their party to the table, and already had the Beta-Female from Mystic Grimm saw them approach.

"Hello, my name is Maria. I'm Josh's mate...It's very nice to see you this time Luna Sage." Luke watched as Sage blinked at the woman before her, and before long a small twitch of her lips had sparked. 

"Hello Maria." Her attention jumped to see that the male beside her had sighed in relief.

Now Sage hadn't taken much time to try and sniff out who was who, but it was indeed a lot of different scents that wavered from strong to tense, but Liam wagered that nobody smelled like Sage.

Even without her stance as Luna, she still held the Alpha-Female position just the same.

"I'm glad you're sharing a table with us, my Luna said to keep away from all the dramatics...But I'm looking forward to watching the contests."
"Contest?" Liam shuffled out the itinerary once again and looked to the long list of challenges that the Luna's could enter in.

And it caused Liam to smirk.

"There's a race and ring fight...Sage has that in the bag." Luke looked to his brother disapprovingly, but it was too late as their Luna was smiling up at the idea.

"Race is run. I will run." 

"I think it's a great idea, we have to make public appearances sometimes Luke. She stays inside so much anyway." Maria aided Laura's cause and nodded, but then motioned them to their seats. There were a few appetizers that caused Sage to be slightly interested in, and so she was given a small plate.

Turns out Sage likes garlic bread.

"Hey, lunch is in a bit. After the first lecture." Luke stated, but Laura scowled. "It's not a lecture." "My mistake, but I think there's a presentation ready." Sage was obvious to the people talking around her as she found comfort in reading a book on her tablet.

She liked the feeling of the screens, the ones in the labs she was never allowed near—let alone touch.

"What a lecture?" Luke chuckled and shook his head. 

"Try again hun." She blinked at her brother for a moment and a lovely smile erupted.
"What is a lecture?" 

"A lecture, is what a teacher does...You know when Ms.Terriance tells you what to draw and how." She nodded and wiggled a thanks for an explanation before playing with her grapes and waiting for anything to start to take her attention away from the rest of the room before her. While Liam was effortlessly flirting with the she-wolf from Mystic Grimm.