The Severer's Bargain
Beneath both, I could hear the fire itself: a low, continuous roar like distant surf, punctuated by the sharp crack of something structural giving way inside.
"That's not an ordinary fire," Fenn said, scent already flaring as he scanned the chaos with sharp, assessing eyes, his sandy hair whipping in the hot, smoke-laced wind pouring off the building. "Too fast. Too controlled. Someone set this deliberately, and set it to burn exactly the section they wanted destroyed."