Luca POVWe didn’t announce it.There were no messages sent out beyond the few people who needed to be there. No schedule, no formal invitation, just a time, a place, and an understanding.If you came, you came.If you didn’t, no one would ask why.The location was quiet.Not hidden, but private enough that the world wouldn’t stumble into it by accident. A stretch of land just outside the city, where the air felt cleaner and the noise of everything else faded into something distant and manageable.By the time I arrived, Marcus was already there.He stood a few feet from the tree, hands in his pockets, looking out at nothing in particular. The wind moved lightly through his hair, he didn’t turn when he heard me approach.“Thought you’d be late,” he said.“I’m not that predictable.”A small sound left him, not quite a laugh.“You are,” he said. “You just don’t like it.”I stopped beside him.For a moment, we just stood there.“You okay?” I asked.He shrugged slightly. “Depends what that
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