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went out to the meeting table in the main lobby. Only two minutes later, Kate and James stepped through the door.
    “Hey, Marcus,” said James, eyeing the stranger sitting beside him. Kate eyed her suspiciously, too.
    “Hey, you guys. This is Selene. I’ll tell you how she got here when everyone else arrives.”
    “Okay,” Kate replied. She assumed there was a good reason for the woman’s presence, or Marcus wouldn’t have even considered bringing her in the facility. She trusted his judgment, but only because he was Charlie’s son. Charlie wouldn’t ever consider leaving a slouch in charge. Not even if it was his own son.
    Next, Yvonne and Lucius arrived, quickly followed by Lin, Damian, and Devon. They all took a seat and waited for the others. A couple minutes passed and everyone else arrived. Last was Charlie because he had to travel the furthest distance.
    “Does this meeting have something to do with the murders?” asked Charlie, eyeing Selene. He would make sure to ask about the stranger’s presence in a moment. “I read about it in the paper this morning.”
    “Yes, it does,” answered Marcus, grimly. “I read the article, too. Luckily, they didn’t mention about the bite marks on each of the victims.”
    “Bite marks?” asked Charlie, clueless.
    “Father, I have something to confess to you. In fact, I have to tell all of you something; everyone but Yvonne, Lucius, and Selene.” Marcus proceeded to explain everything that had happened early Saturday morning before everyone arrived at the agency, leading up until the present time, including Sarah’s death.
    Charlie was sad and angry to hear the news of Sarah’s death. He felt if they had been able to catch this killer after the first couple murders, she wouldn’t have died. Charlie wasn’t close with Sarah, but he knew how close his son was with her at one point in his life and worried for him; this was the first family member he had ever lost. He knew his son would take it hard.
    “I’m so sorry, Marcus. I know how close you were with her.”
    Marcus tried his best to push his feelings to the back of his mind for now. He didn’t want to appear weak in front of his co-workers. He needed them to trust his judgment and to know he was capable of handling the position he held.
    Selene sensed his pain. It was as if she could feel it radiating from him. She didn’t know if that was normal for a werewolf to be able to sense emotions like this, but it seemed whenever he was feeling a strong emotion, she felt it, too. And the closer he was, the stronger the feeling was. She tried to comfort him by reaching under the table and grabbing his hand, squeezing it lightly.
    Momentarily, all of Marcus’ pain vanished as he felt Selene’s warm, gentle hand in his. He didn’t know how it happened, but somehow, he instantly felt a thousand times better when she held his hand like this. Yes, he greatly enjoyed her company, and he realized she was trying to comfort him, but that wasn’t all of it.
    “And poor you, Selene,” said Charlie, knowing and understanding what she was going through because of what had happened to his son years ago. “Having this forced upon you like this.”
    “Why, poor Selene?” asked Kate, smiling at Selene. “She’s far better off like this.”
    “Not if it was forced upon her,” Charlie argued. “Perhaps, if she was also a vampire, damned to an eternity of misery, she would have chosen to become a werewolf.”
    “It’s not so bad,” said Selene, smiling as she reached under the table and grabbed Marcus’ hand. “I’m getting used to it.” She thought about what she had said for a moment, and every word of it was the truth. ‘ If it weren’t for my werewolf conversion, I probably would have died from the car accident. Not only that; the pros far outweigh the cons. In fact, I can’t think of a single bad thing about this whole experience, aside from being attacked and hit by a car. Perhaps it would have been