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After a long shower, you find yourself warming up pretty quickly. While it's still light, you brew another pot of tea and sit with Arctus on the couch in the living room, listening to the rain and hiding under a heavy blanket. It's strangely peaceful to sit inside and watch the storm blow past.

Still, it isn't long before it's dark outside, and you can almost feel yourself being lulled to sleep by the gently rattling rain outside. Keeping your eyes open just a little longer, you start to make your way up to bed.

When you're only a couple of steps away from the top, however, you hear a sudden knock at the door.

Turning around in confusion, you peer down into the darkened hallway—but after a moment's hesitation, you head back down the stairs and ease open the front door.

There's nobody there.

But as you gaze out through the thinning rain, your eye is caught by a flicker of movement as the bright yellow door on the house across the street swings shut.

Chapter Five: Major Fifth