I jerked up, searching the darkness for what had startled me. It took me a moment to gain my bearings. I couldn't have been asleep long since my eyes burned with an intense dryness. And then I realized it had been the front door.
Sera.
Fuck.
My feet had barely hit the floor before I raced to the front window to find her walking-where to I had no idea-head down, in substantial rain. I sprinted to my room and grabbed my jeans from the floor, tugging them on as I hopped across the room on one leg to grab a sweatshirt and stuff my cell into my pocket. As quickly as I could, I pulled on tennis shoes. I didn't have time to search for an umbrella, so I ran down my front lawn in the rain to bring her back. The cloud cover made the night especially dark, difficult to see. Add in the rain, and
