Ashes to Desire
A low hum filled the chamber, growing louder with each second.
“Step back,” I said, my voice sharp.
She didn’t argue this time. The light from the pedestal twisted, forming shapes figures that moved and writhed like smoke caught in the wind. I stared, my chest tightening as the images sharpened into something I recognized.
The fire-born…shit! Dozens of them, swarming through the forest, their molten eyes blazing with purpose. And behind them, a shadow, a figure I couldn’t quite make out, but I didn’t need to. I knew who the hell it was.
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