Sabine's POVI woke up burning alive.Fire crawled beneath my skin, racing through my veins like liquid heat. Every nerve ending screamed. Every breath felt like inhaling smoke. I threw off the blankets but the air against my skin only made it worse, turning the burn into sharp needles of sensation.A whimper escaped my throat before I could stop it.Sab roared to life inside me, fully awake for the first time since the accident. But she was not the gentle presence I remembered. She was wild, desperate, clawing at my control with a need so intense it terrified me."Out," she snarled. "Need to get out. Need them.""No," I gasped, pressing my palms against my temples. "No, no, no."But my body did not listen. Heat pooled low in my stomach, spreading outward in waves that left me shaking. My skin felt too tight, too sensitive. Even the soft fabric of the nightgown Mira had dressed me in felt like sandpaper.The door opened and I flinched, pulling my knees to my chest."Easy, child," Mira
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