Home Fires Novels & Stories

Elian said. "I know why you came early," she said. "Come in." The house was warm. She had lit the fireplace in the front room — the same fireplace where they'd sat on the night of the diagnosis, which now held a different kind of warmth, the specific warmth of a room that has been frightened in and is being warm in again. She had the novel on the side table.

"He agreed to this reward and disciplinary system himself. He enjoyed the rewards when things went well, so why can't he take the consequences when things go wrong?" A bitterness rose within me when I heard those words. But Dad, Thomas did it on purpose... Just then, a sharp ringtone shattered the peace in the private room. Dad frowned and took out his phone. An unfamiliar number flashed on the screen. "Hello? Who is this?" Dad answered impatiently. The room was quiet enough that the voice on the other end of the line came through faintly, carrying with it a suffocating seriousness and gravity. "Hello, is this Mr. Ronald Werther? This is the Havenshire Fire Department. A severe fire broke ou

“What the hell were you people doing?! How did our house catch fire?!” “I—I don’t know exactly…” the man stammered. “We have to wait until the firefighters put it out to investigate properly.” “We pay you people a fortune in management fees, and you can’t even protect our home?! What the hell do we even need you for?!” Shane’s voice cracked with fury, eyes red, trembling with rage but beneath it all was sheer panic. He couldn’t stop the thought. If they hadn’t all gone out to discharge their father today, who might have been inside that house?

They only lowered their heads, terrified of becoming collateral damage in whatever war was about to begin. My hand curled inside my pocket as I thought about the real reason I had been dragged back home to clean up yet another mess caused by the same two idiots I shared blood with. I had left my office, my work, my schedule, my life to fix their chaos. Again. Guards lined the walls, weapons raised at alert until they saw me and instantly lowered them in respect. Seeing loaded guns inside the mansion confirmed what I’d already suspected, the situation had reached catastrophic level. I reached the heavy oak door and pushed it open, not politely.

“Thank you for that. I needed it. Anyway, one day there was a fire at my childhood home. My father had fallen ill at the time, so he was not working. My mum had to work at the company to keep things in control, so she was gone a lot. My younger brother and sister were sort of in my care because I was like two years older than them at the time. One day when my mother was gone, my father was asleep on the couch in the living room and I was busy playing video games in my room, my younger sister, I guess, thought that she could surprise us all with eggs and bacon. I was too busy playing video games at the time to even notice that she had gotten up from the corner I put them in to play with their

Confused, Liam grabbed the remote and hit power. The news screen flashed on mid-broadcast. “currently battling a fire that broke out just after 9 p.m. in a suburban residence on Oakridge Drive…” The screen cut to drone footage and Liam’s knees nearly buckled. It was his parents’ house. Firefighters were dragging hoses across the lawn. Smoke billowed from the broken windows. People in pajamas stood outside, watching in shock. Then the anchor’s voice returned: “Authorities have now confirmed the deaths of longtime city residents, who were found inside the burning home.”

Kian When she said at the end of the street, I turned slightly and saw the figure standing there; when he realized I was looking at him, he walked away. Someone was screwing with her, first the facility and now her house. A few of the other homeowners came out. It took them almost an hour to put the fire out. I saw the fire chief; she walked over to him. “Chief, this is my house—well, what is remaining of my home,” she said.

★Delis At Home★ Although they are still on the way home inside the car. They are driving home at speed, and they have gotten to a place where they can now sight the Delis building. But instead, they saw a fire burning at that position. any part of the house was not seen only fire was burning at that exact position of the house. Rehab was the first person that noticed it. "Delis why was a fire burning beside your house?" Rehab asked. And then Delis sighted forward and saw that his house is on fire!

- Carlos appears to me - Tell me something new or care and do your part in all this - I say no patience walking and checking everything as I pass. Most houses that were burned down can be restored, not completely destroyed or disabled for use. Starting a fire is the simplest and easiest way to make a diversion to attack or invade, which is why in my ascension I changed the protocol for fires. Guards, combat medics and firefighters are notified and dispatched to the scene. Not all, obviously, just a part of each to speed up the identification of the danger, whether it was an accident or deliberate.

“You could have saved them, but you didn’t! And now you think you deserve happiness? A mate? A family?” Lucian’s expression darkened, his hands clenching the sheets tightly, his breathing shallow. “Helena, that’s enough.” I barely heard him. My mind was spinning, trapped in memories I had spent years trying to forget. The fire. It had spread so fast, devouring everything, swallowing our home in angry flames. I could still hear my mother’s screams, my father’s shouts. The scent of burning wood mixed with fur. I had been frozen in place, too scared to move, too terrified to act.