Zara’s POV The smoke had clung to my skin, its bite like hot needles, but it hadn’t burned. Not the way it was supposed to. My feet slid back into my shoes, the laces tightening like armor. When I sat down again, I could feel their eyes on me—waiting for me to wince, to falter, to cry out that the heat had blistered me. But there was nothing. My skin was cool. Whole. Untouched. I sank into my seat, spine straight, and let my gaze wander around the circle. Seraphine sat across from me, lips curled into that poisonous smirk she wore like perfume. Nova beside her, laughing too loudly at nothing, her eyes darting like a rabbit’s. Alex, chewing her bottom lip until it looked raw, pretending she wasn’t watching me. Lira, restless, tapping her nails against her knee in a rhythm that grated in my skull. And Talia… she couldn’t stay still. She kept shifting her weight, her shoulders hunching as if she wanted to disappear. I took them all in. Their faces, their laughter, their chatter. The
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