The Waiting Game

Click, Cassie snapped open the lighter with her thumb, and the flame jumped to life.

Her face was the picture of innocence.

"Tanner..." Xyla nervously gripped Tanner's hand, her eyes brimming with tears. But before she could finish her sentence, the next second, she was so terrified it was like her soul nearly left her body.

Cassie, sitting in the chair, barely moved her hand, and in an instant, E