Upon reaching back at the office, Luke had already fully healed just as expected and we had split up when a terror-stricken Mike had dragged me away as soon as he laid eyes on me. Their team had clearly arrived first, after their initial scrutiny of the body and the nearby surroundings. We intentionally took some time off so that Luke could get ample time to heal himself, lest we end up alarming everyone at first, then come up with no explanation whatsoever as to why his wounds were all suddenly healed so magically.
I saw a sly grin on Luke’s face as he saw Mike drag me away and I felt small all of a sudden as I remembered how well he knew about everything and how good he was at hiding his feelings and keeping the rest of us in the dark. He must have been so amused all by himself to wa
