Ivy’s POVTime drags, heavy and cruel.The fire crackles, devouring the bakery’s walls, and every passing second feels like a knife twisting deeper. I can’t breathe properly; the smoke, the waiting, the fear; they all blur together.“Come on, please,” I whisper. “Please come out.”The crowd murmurs around me, faces pale in the flickering orange light. Some are crying, some whispering prayers. My eyes stay fixed on the doorway where Alexander vanished.Then, suddenly …“Ivy!”I turn so fast my vision spins. Arla stumbles into view, her arm wrapped protectively around Mikel. His face is streaked with ash, his small chest rising and falling in shallow breaths.“Mikel!” I run to them, dropping to my knees, gathering them both into my arms. “Oh, thank the Moon, thank you.”He clings to me, trembling. “Mommy! Alexander, he helpe
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