"LUCI?!" August called in desperation as he barreled upon the mix of carpet and hardwood beneath his feet, continuously requesting his beloved by name as he knocked on the doors before him until he came to the back room that had been left agape. Horrified that perhaps the Kearneys had retaliated and returned to take her as collateral or revenge and now let her as they had done to Kennedy, he slowly pushed the door open to find Luci standing before the far bathroom mirror, scrubbing something off of her shirt. “Oh my God...Luci!” Without allowing her the chance to even bring her eyes to analyze him, she was pulled into a deep embrace as she was forced to set her cheek to his chest as she was able to hear his heartbeat rage against her eardrum with the same sudden shock as thunder. “I though
