55 pages • 1 hour read
Navessa AllenLights Out
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapters 15-21Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 15 Summary: “Aly”
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content, death, and sexual violence.
Aly is aroused at the prospect of performing a sex act on the knife, and she thinks about her developing relationship with Josh. She decides that he is a perfect mix of sweet, sexual, and dangerous and that it is worth the risk to pursue something more serious with him. Josh performs oral sex on Aly before helping her lower herself onto the handle of the knife. He takes precautions, like disinfecting the handle and keeping a hand underneath Aly. He puts a blindfold on her, allowing him to take off the balaclava and kiss her, and he handcuffs her hands behind her back.
When Aly has an orgasm, she starts crying, and Josh worries that he upset her. She explains that the weight of the past years of working, pushing people away, and avoiding her feelings about her mother’s death came crashing down on her in that moment. Josh comforts her, and Aly recalls her mother’s fiery spirit. Josh reveals that he also had an orgasm while pleasuring Aly, and they realize that they are both equally invested in their developing relationship. Josh forgets to modulate his 
