She looked across the room and admired his strong appearance and wished that he would take her in his arms and comfort her and protect her from the storm..then the power went out..she screamed! He raced to the sofa where she was cowering. He did not hesitate to pull her into his strong arms expecting her to pull away but she did not. They knew theirs was a forbidden union, their families would never understand. So lost in their love they didn't notice the lights came back on or the opening of the door......
