W.I.L.D.
Her breath trembled as something inside her cracked—not with breaking, but with release.
She closed her eyes, drawing the wildfire closer, not to crush it, not to run—but to face it. The whispers tore at her, but she pushed back with her own voice, raw and burning:
“I am not your kindling. I am not your ruin. I am flame, and flame is mine to carry.”
The wildfire shuddered, sparks bursting outward like a thousand tiny stars. The dark edges burned away, leaving only fierce, golden light that wrapped around her like a mantle.
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