The Devil's Broken Doll
As she drew a deep breath, the light answered—brightening along the edges in a soft, steady flare.
She drew her shoulders back deliberately this time.
The weight shifted. Not dragging, not forcing. Now perfectly balanced, as if her body had always been waiting for this.
Subtle muscles along her spine engaged, powerful and unfamiliar. The wings unfurled behind her in a slow, measured arc, feathers of living flame sliding into place one by one. They were larger than she had understood in the heat of anger and panic of new and unknown. Now they were arching high above her head and curving wide enough that their tips nearly brushed the chamber walls.
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