I looked at Brian. He wasn’t looking at me though. His eyes were sharp and unfeeling as they swept over everyone. It was as if he had turned into a different version of himself. I should be used to this by now. The person he becomes in front of these people, but I’d been away for so long. It felt new. “That’s less than I thought.” Brian said, watching Arnold smile in victory as he dropped his own hand. He looked at Brian smugly and said, “Rules are rules.” Brian simply looked at Nate behind him. It was as if they communicated something because Nate walked down from the raised platform, towards where Arnold stood. We all looked on, not knowing what he was about to do. The next second though, Nate’s claws elongated. Thick, long and dangerously curved claws. We all saw it, but Arnold hadn

