Ashes Beneath The Skin
Her uniform clung damply to her skin, the humidity pressing in like a second layer.
Bed four drew her attention again.
The girl is no older than ten. She lay curled beneath crisp sheets, her skin flushed and fevered. The burns were odd. No blistering. No trauma. Just heat. Like fire lived inside her.
Isla frowned, scanning the chart. “Her temperature is climbing again. No signs of infection. No external source.”
“She doesn’t burn like humans do.”
The voice came from behind her. Low, gravelled, and far too close. Isla spun around, instinct flaring. The man in the doorway was tall, broad-shouldered, with dark eyes that shimmered gold in the emergency lighting. Not metaphorically. Literally.
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