The sun was setting behind the tree line, casting an orange glow through the woods that slowly moved out of her reach. Lucy watched the sun go down and felt the rise of the night like a shiver over her skin. She wasn’t cold, in fact, she had felt warm all day. Even now the warmth of the day was gone, she sat in the field at the back of the house in only shorts and a tank top.
After a couple of slow, torturous days waiting for this moment to come, today had gone in a blink. Lucy cut school as Adam suggested and was glad she did. Around noon, waves of heat rushed over her, bringing with it tingles throughout her whole body. She had felt uncomfortable and was unable to stop moving all day. Her skin felt tight, and her muscles ached as if she had done some extreme workout.
She had
