NATHANIEL'S APARTMENT

POV DESMOND

I had just successfully killed my first enemy player when Nathaniel walked through the front door. I smiled and threw the remote back to Dean, "You're back!" I got up from the couch and met him in the hallway.

Up close I could tell whatever he had been doing had not gone well. I dropped my smile, "Is everything ok?" Nathaniel nodded but it did little to convince me.

"Can I speak to you privately?" Nathaniel said, motioning toward his ...