THE RAIN WAS POURING heavily when Artemis stepped out of the hospital. She stood on the porch, waiting for the rain to stop. The rain came in steady streams, blurring the amber streetlights and washing the city in a cold, quiet hush. Cars drove fast on the highway, their headlights streaking like ghosts in the mist.
Artemis sighed. She was having a hard time going home because she didn’t bring a raincoat or an umbrella. Her eyes darted to the other side of the street, and she saw someone.
“Theo?” She muttered.
Artemis couldn’t see clearly because it was raining heavily, and the streetlights were now flickering like a Christmas light. A strange ache twisted in her chest for an unknown reason.
She was trying to see through the man on the other side of the street, trying to see if it wa
