Elijah arrived at the basement before everyone else.The room sat in silence. The chairs were arranged in their familiar circle. The faint smell of coffee drifted from the corner. The air felt still, as if the room waited for something that had not happened yet.He tried to tell himself he was early only because he needed silence. That lie lasted all of three seconds.The truth was simple.He wanted to know whether Jaxon would come back after what had transpired between them.He sat in his usual chair. His eyes remained on the empty space beside him. The wolf inside him paced again, slow and deliberate, as if preparing for something it could not name yet.People trickled in one by one. Margaret, Sarah, Robert, Curtis. They filled the circle in their slow, familiar rhythm. Their grief created a steady hum in the air, the same as every week.Still, the seat next to Elijah stayed empty.The moment felt suspended. It irritated him. It unsettled him. It crawled under his skin in a way he c
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