The Shadows in Her Eyes

It was as if the heavens heard Aurora's plea—after one rumble of thunder, the sky stayed quiet, no more lightning flashed. But outside, the rain came pouring down.

"Oh no… what if he gets lost?" Aurora suddenly remembered Everett had no sense of direction either. Her worry spiked.

Time crawled. She kept checking her phone—barely ten minutes had passed, but it felt like Everett had been gone forever.

She paced around the temple, chilled by the cold wind blowing in, making her scalp tingle.

She had no idea how much time went by. Every tiny sound outside made her jump. Her nerves were completely shot.

She kept glancing toward the rain-covered entrance but couldn't see anything except a curtain of white falling from the sky.