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The Fire Wielders

Author: Elmielos
last update publish date: 2026-06-03 00:29:03

Brynn Hollis' POV

Three days until the meeting.

Farrah's burns were healing—slowly, painfully. Solara had saved her arm, but the scars would remain. Luna Rose refused to leave my side. She slept in my room, woke from nightmares crying, asked the same question over and over: "Why do they hate us?"

"They don't hate us. They're afraid of us."

"Afraid of what?"

"Of being changed. Of losing themselves. Of admitting that love might be stronger than fire."

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Sol found me in the library.

He had been
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