Why were the candles lit? She hadn’t lit the candles in weeks, why were they lit now?

She got up to see if all the candles were lit or just the ones in her room.

Did her hallway always smell like pine? Or was that the candles? She didn’t know.

The candles were all lit. Even the ones in the basement she only used when she had to clean the basement later.

Why were all the candles lit? She knew she hadn’t lit them. Maybe her sleepwalking was making a return? No that couldn’t be it. She hadn’t sleepwalked since she was 15.

She would just extinguish the candles and go to bed. Yes, that was what she would do.

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She woke up to the sound of sirens.