But even as she tried to compose herself, Julie was beginning to realize something she'd been trying hard to ignore, Cassius wasn't someone she could simply brush off.
Not anymore. His charm, his words, the way he looked at her, spoke to her, moved around her, it was simply too potent for her heart to handle.
He was disarming in ways she hadn't anticipated, and it made the space between them feel like quicksand.
And then, just as that warmth was settling into something real, something that wrapped itself around her like a silken ribbon...everything suddenly went dark.
One moment, the sky was clear, bright and lovely. The next, she was plunged into pitch darkness.
Her breath caught in her throat.
"Wh-What—?!" She blinked wildly, but nothing changed. "Oh no. It's the apocalypse. It's the apocalypse, Cassius!" She said, flailing slightly as her hand clutched at his shirt. "The sun's gone out! The skies are crashing down and we're going to live in eternal night!"
