Hostile Homecoming

My fork froze halfway to my mouth as the easy laughter around the table died out in a fraction of a second. It was staggering how fast the mood could sour. One moment the four of us were actually getting along, and the next, Draven and I were trapped in a heavy, suffocating silence, as if someone had reached over and flipped a switch to bring all our worst tension roaring right back.

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