<div style="text-align: justify;">Angelique felt immensely grateful to be awake. She had been experiencing a few nightmares after her nervous breakdown, but nothing as terrifying as the one she had just woken up from. Hearing Kyle’s shout had startled her, and given Angelique a good excuse to be awake. She didn’t want to talk about her nightmare. The last thing she wanted was for him to think she was going insane right now.<br/><br/>When Kyle said he was sorry, Angelique caressed one of his cheeks gently. “It’s okay, baby”, she whispered in a soft intonation. “It happens, honey - don’t worry”. With a sigh, Angie sat up in bed and scratched behind Alex’s ear. “It’s no trouble at all, honey. I will be happy to take her out for a moment”.<br/><br/>Once Kyle finally agreed to let her take Alex out, Angie leaned close to him and kissed his lips gently before listening to his request about the fireplace. “All right, honey. I will be back in a few minutes. Behave”, she still joked softly, before getting up. Taking a look around, Angie picked out one of Kyle’s shirts and put it on, since she didn’t want to go around naked. Once dressed, Angelique called Alex to her side and went out of the room. She felt a little chill down her spine while passing the door to her own bedroom, but tried not to look at it. Focusing on telling herself that she was safe, Angie made her way downstairs and moved straight to the kitchen, to open the door for Alex.<br/><br/>Taking a quick look around, Angelique noticed that the place was safe enough for her to leave the dog for a moment while she checked on the fireplace. She was just about to move to the dining room, when something cause her to freeze in place. Angie could hear two sets of quick footsteps, as though there were two pairs of small feet running around, but there was nobody to be seen.<br/><br/>Feeling nervous, she retreated and followed the dog outside, feeling a bit safer with Alex’s company. After making sure that Alex had done her business, Angelique called the dog back in and closed the door. After making sure that she couldn’t hear any other sound that didn’t belong in the house, Angie entered the living room to check on the fire. <br/><br/>The young woman frowned and blinked several times when she looked inside the fireplace. The wood was still there, but the fire was completely out, as though someone had thrown water on the wood. Except for the fact that it was dry. When Kyle reached downstairs, he would see the cold fireplace and Angelique, shivering a little, staring into where the fire should have been burning, still trying to make sense of what had happened.<br/><br/>Angelique was so distracted in her own thoughts that she wouldn’t have noticed Kyle’s presence unless he did something to make it known, like saying something or touching her.</div>