The storm hit hard that evening, right after dinner. Heavy rain slammed against the windows, thunder rumbling through the small apartment like it wanted to shake the walls down. Riley and Jade had been sitting on the pull-out couch, trying to watch a movie on Jade’s laptop when the power suddenly cut out. The screen went black, and the whole place plunged into darkness except for the flashes of lightning outside.
“s**t,” Jade laughed softly, her voice close in the dark. “Guess the storm’s winning tonight.”
Riley shivered, not just from the sudden cool air that came with the rain. “Do we have candles?”
Jade got up and fumbled around in the kitchen drawers. A few moments later, the soft glow of three candles lit up the living room. The flickering light danced across the walls and over the
