Ava pov The fire wouldn’t stop. It ate everything: the air, the noise, the memory of his voice. Ava tried to breathe, but all she could taste was smoke and salt from her own tears. Liam’s body lay heavy in her arms, his skin already cooling. The light that had always burned behind his eyes was gone. For a long moment, she couldn’t move. The rest of the world blurred the rumble of collapsing steel, the hiss of dying flames. It was just him and her, bound by the silence between heartbeats. Then something warm pulsed beneath her hand. She looked down and saw faint golden light spreading under her skin, the cure, alive, moving, transforming. Liam’s words echoed inside her: Now you’re the cure. Ava closed her eyes, swallowed her sob, and let the serum flow. The warmth spread through her veins, and with it came something else. It was like her body had become a vessel of light and grief. Her heartbeat grew louder, faster. The ground beneath her trembled. When she finally stood, the worl
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