*Maddox*

Elijah peers at the map on my desk, his hands tucked behind his back. His hazel eyes shine in the gray light pouring through the windows–another rainy, foggy, overcast day.

We’re over the heat of the summer now. I’m thankful for it. It was an especially brutal summer, but given the brutality of the last year, I’m not surprised in the slightest.

Ben sits in a chair nearby, flipping through a pamphlet I gave him. He looks up at me, arching a brow. For a ...