18 Annie I laid in the sweltering heat, waiting for the storm slowly rolling our way to finally sweep in and cool off the air like Dad promised over the phone earlier in the afternoon. Finally, a cooler air front moving down from the north. I couldn’t wait. A hot breeze occasionally flitted over my bare skin with every distant rumble of thunder. Being out of sight of the bed beneath the loft, I decided to sleep in only my panties, too damn hot to consider anything else. Heat prickled my underarms and kept the feeling of constant sweat coating my skin. Deciding to stand out beneath the rain once it started, I kept my t-shirt close by. I could hear Roan shifting on the bed beneath me between cracks of thunder, and similar restlessness kept me from sleep. I’d been antsy, more aroused tha