August's POV

It had been a long time since the three of us had gotten together just to talk. In fact, I thought it had only happened once before, when we were still in school, but I couldn't remember exactly when.

We decided to have lunch at a restaurant with a private dining room, surrounded by security guards, a precaution that would have seemed excessive to me not that long ago.

I arrived first and waited. Caesar was the second to arrive, still sporting that somewhat hippie look, casual