There Is Blood

Leo POV

Coughing up, I woke up.. The air was still thick with smoke, although the fire was dying down.. I sat up carefully, aware of the bruises and burns on my body. Interestingly enough, while there were scars of the fire burns, all I noticed now is the dried blood and healed scars in weird streaks of shimmering gold/amber color.. I have never had burns before, so not sure if this is how they heal normally, but something felt weird. I knew burn scars do not heal this quickly and most definitely not without professional medical help. “I told you that fire would not hurt us”, I heard the same voice again. This was strange. A strange sensation was circulating within me, energy I never felt before, yet I was not scared of it. It felt good, as if something finally clicked within me. If my hair had not burned, I would have thought I was not on the fire just a few moments ago! I needed to talk to Emma about this – I did not understand what was happening.

I looked over to see if she was fe