Sage couldn't hold back the noises that seemed to erupt from his throat when she continued, pressing against her about as much as he could. He felt a grin cross his face at her comments, and he let out a sort of grunt, though in all reality it was more of a wheeze than anything. He could barely understand her words by then, but he took a few moments to process, and looked up at her breathlessly. "Then don't," he managed to get out, knowing he took was ready.

He'd probably been right there for a while, and she could probably tell given the fact that his eyes had practically rolled back into his head by now. It was silly really, how one person could....undo him so much. But he he was, practically drunk on the girl. Her warmth, her touch, her scent....all of it was just so overwhelmingly wonderful. And he certainly wasn't upset about it. If she was going to bite him, it would have to be now. There'd be no going back. And....he really was more than ok with that. He trusted her not to hurt him.

Sage had grinned widely when she'd nodded, and had tightened his grip on the girl's body, tilting his head back so she could run her lips over the skin of his neck. Searching for a good spot, he knew. And he had to admit he was excited for it. He wasn't sure why...but it was more than just doing it to protect them. He wanted to be able to share that life with Celeste. All of them, together. It just seemed like the best thing ever, really.

When she bit him, he let out a sort of yelp, as it did hurt. He'd expected it to....she'd warned him...and it didn't last for long anyway, since soon enough the pleasure of their time took over and everything blurred together, completely sending him over the edge, in all aspects. He'd shifted under her as tremors ran through his body, no doubt the result of the bite doing whatever it needed to do to mark his body.

Then it was over, and he'd gone limp beneath her, and she'd loosened her jaw and slid beside him. He kept his eyes closed, just trying to catch his breath, until he heard her voice. He chuckled softly, moving to take her hand in his. "Yeah," he gasped. He was bleeding, he could feel and smell it, but it wasn't enough to be concerned about. "hell, if we do this every time I'd be happy," he admitted with a chuckle. For whatever reason, it had seemed different. Like the venom had...amplified things, almost. Or maybe it was just because she was claiming him, in a way that he'd been completely vulnerable. Whaever it had been, it had been good. Very, very good.

Sage wrapped his arms around her when she curled up and into him, content to just lay there and hold him. He'd mostly caught his breath by then, so he let out a content huff of air. Of course, when she moved to lick his neck, he couldn't help but laugh slightly. Ir sort of tickled, but in a good way. He wasn't sure how to describe it, other than it was nice. Besides, it would be best not to get blood all over their bed sheets, even if their cleaning lady was a good one.

He hummed in agreement to her comment, shrugging when she said it wasn't something they could do all the time. "Bummer," he mused lightly, not too upset by it in all reality. The venom was in here now, maybe it would be that way everytime since it was there permanently now. He chose not to response to the whole turning him into a vampire part of her comment....he wasn't sure he'd want to be immortal. he carried too many terrible memories to want to live that long. Too many things would make an immortal life seem like a curse. And he'd want to change Liz too....which was even scarier than anythign abotu him. She was just a baby. What if soemthign went wrong? What in she died? Hell, she should be able to make that choice herslef, but she was so young.

He pushed those thoughts from his mind after a moment though. He wasnted to enjoy the time he had with Celste for now. No doubt things were about to get crazy....when the next assassin came, they'd know she'd bitten him. The Empress would no doubt be displeased about it....and the book had said they could assassinate them for this. It said nothing about tirture or other means of killing them. But that was a worry for later.

Sage smiled softly in response to the girls soft comments, humming in agreement and pecking her head. 'i love you too," he murmured. He stayed there, quiet, for a while before chuckling slightly. "I vote we get dressed and go to sleep now," he noted with a yawn. He really was exhausted by then....he'd barely gotten any sleep, thanks to the man coming in here, and then their frantic efforts to protect them all. Well ...it had been more than that, and he knew it, but still. He wanted to sleep. And unless they wanted to risk someone coming in and finding them naked, and arresting them or something like that, they should probably just get dressed. He doubted whoever came for them would wait for them to get dressed before doing anything later.

"When do you think they'll send someone new," he asked after a moment. 'whay do you think will happen when they find out what we did?" He doubted they'd just....leave them alone. Go back and let them live in peace. And if the empress shut them off, they'd have no resources. No way to get money. No home, or anything like that. It would t be new to him, of course, but....it did worry him.

Sage chuckled softly and nodded in response to her comments. "I don't know what's worse, getting caught naked and flirted with and use or getting caught naked now that I'm supposedly terribly ugly to them all," he noted with amusement, finding it rather a funny thought if he was being honest. Well, for the most part. He joked about being used like that but it would always be hard on him. Mostly though, he was joking around.

He hummed again when she mentioned being cut off, and gave her a grin. "that means we can wander around naked all we want. I must say it's a rather wonderful image to watch you wander about like that," he purred, pecking the woman on the lips before moving to find his shirt, which she'd tossed....somewhere. he rummaged around for a bit before he found it, sighing slightly. "can't they let get get five hours of sleep before they wake me up again," he groaned, tossing his shirt over his shoulders and flopping over onto the bed with a grunt, not buttoning it up. He didn't care much if it was open in the front...and it was a warm night, so whatever. "That's good," he noted when she mentioned she'd keep the money. "But it won't last forever. We need to figure something out," he sighed, really too tired to think about anything at the moment. Too tired to do anything, really. But he wasn't sure it was worth it if he'd just be woken up again in a few hours.