Lucien had spent two weeks becoming an expert in the art of not looking for Eli, but during Sunday breakfast, that changed. He scanned the Bee’s Hive corner; Noah was there, flanked by the usual rotation of track athletes, but the seat beside him was empty.Lucien stared into the dark surface of his coffee, and just concluded before his mind spirals, It meant nothing, maybe Eli was just sleeping in.By two o'clock, Eli was missing from his usual spots, the east corridor, the south path, and the Bee’s Hive kitchen.Retreating to the council room, Lucien sat with his phone in his hand, his thumb hovering over Eli’s contact info, he switched the device off, only to snap it back on the moment it dinged, his heart race increasing traitoriously.It was an automated calendar alert,Nothing from Eli. He went through his afternoon lecture sitting in the front row and trying to distract himself from the fact that the school must have expelled Eli because of him. Back in his room, the silence w
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