JARED'S POV -- Waking up in complete darkness, my eyes quickly adjust to the void. A light comes from the hallway, the entire house is filled with silence, and all I can hear is the heavy footsteps coming toward my room. "Jared!" Mason calls out to me, his tone void of any emotion. He appears in my doorway, shining the torch into my eyes. My eyelids fall shut as the brightness blinds me, "Why the f**k are you using a flashlight, and shining it into my f*****g pupils?" He averts it toward the floor hastily, "Electricity is out," He shrugs. My eyes flick open, and I reach for the switch of my bedside table lamp, clicking it on and off. Nothing happens, and the only light is the one in his hand. "I knew it," Instant anger ignites in my chest, a knot forming as I slide off the bed, my body