The Fire That Chose Me
She let herself lean into him, the fear and longing twisting together like fire and smoke.
The ruins themselves seemed to answer, the glow at the altar flaring as if recognizing her presence. Evelynn took a hesitant step forward, then another, her pulse synchronizing with the rhythm of the stones. She could almost hear whispers in the stonework, fragments of memory: Born of fire… bound to shadow… seeker of the light…
Aiden’s hand squeezed hers. “Look at me,” he said softly. “Stay with me. No matter what happens.”