Chloe hunched over as the first cold breeze hit. The intensity and frequency of the lightning increased by the moment.
"How much further is your place?" Chloe said, flinching as the first icy drops pelted her face. She had been to his apartment on only a couple of occasions and didn't know the neighborhood very well.
"Just a couple of blocks," he said, breaking into a light jog.
Chloe kept pace with her brother, but the jogging failed to spare them from the weather. In the couple of minutes it took to reach Julian's apartment, the rain had opened up with primal fury. Both were soaked to the bone.
Julian opened the door and flicked on the living room light. The apartment he shared with his friend Xavier was one of four apartments carved from a large old house. It wasn't terribly fancy,
