*storm's POV*

"Kim?"

There was no answer. I poked my head into the room, but she wasn't there. I wondered where she had gone off to, and if Emily was with her, because she was also not in the house. And her son was no where to be found, it was siesta time, the heat particularly thick and intense, making everyone and everything more sluggish and sleepy than usual. I had thought to take a shower first, and then sleep. It was so damn hot to just sleep, and I needed to bath to do that.

"Is anyone at home?"

The house was silent. I padded through on bare feet,...