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Uriel

Author: Ms. Chiamaka
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Savannah

I met Noah later that evening, at a quiet café near the edge of campus. It was the kind of place that smelled faintly like burnt espresso and rain, and it was one of those nights where everything felt too still, even the sound of footsteps outside seemed to echo too loudly.

He was already there by the time I got there, sitting by the window with his hood up, his phone in his hand, his eyes flicking between the screen and the street. When he finally looked up and saw me, he gave that same half-smirk he always did, like nothing ever really surprised him.

“You look exhausted,” he said as I slid into the seat across from him.

“I could say the same for you,” I muttered, setting my bag down. “You texted me like it was life or death.”

He didn’t say anything; he just leaned forward and rested his elbows on the table. “It might be.”

That caught my attention. “Alright, what did you find?”

“You remember that guy you mentioned, the one they call The Crow?”

My chest tightened a little whe
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