Ivy's POV It was Kel and Rixon.They stood in the doorway wearing full waterproof gear, visors down, water hissing out from the pressure unit Rixon had mounted on his back. The fire hit the wall of water and pulled back, hissing, angry about it. Rixon held his ground without flinching, turning slowly, keeping the stream between the flames and us like he had done this a hundred times before.Kel crossed the room in three strides.He took one look at me standing on the sink in my underwear with a smoking blanket wrapped around me, blood running down both hands, face bruised and tear-streaked, and his expression did something complicated. Like he had prepared himself for bad and still was not fully prepared.He did not say anything. He just pulled off his outer jacket, leaned forward, and put it over my shoulders.I could not even thank him. My throat was too wrecked, too full of smoke and crying, and my hands were shaking t
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