ZANEI freeze as blue flames lick violently around the wooden blocks. Not orange. Not red.Blue.Bloody blue fire.My entire body goes rigid.What the hell?I stare at the child. Then the toys. Then the child again. Charlie simply sits there, looking at her burning tower with enormous blue eyes.She doesn't scream or cry, simply reaches for another block.My head snaps towards the others, yet no one moves. Alex and Lyra talk, while Nova casually reaches for her drink.No one grabs the child or throws a blanket over the flames. No one even looks remotely concerned.My gaze returns to the toddler. The flames dance around her tiny hands as she picks up yet another damn block.Just as I’m about to jump and snatch her up, her father sighs and moves to pick the girl up. The flames die instantaneously as she looks at Alex and lets out the sweetest little giggle.“Still happening, huh?” Lyra asks beside me and I whip my head to look at her. Alex sits down with the child in his lap, and Nov
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