W.I.L.D.
She stared at him, and for a moment she could almost see herself reflected in his eyes—not as some doomed vessel for an ancient flame, but as the woman she truly was.
Her compassion. Her stubborn hope. The part of her that wanted to heal, not just burn.
She closed her eyes. For once, she didn’t try to cage the fire, or twist it into shape, or force it to obey. She simply opened her hands and let it flow.
The ground trembled beneath her feet. Heat roared up, wrapping her in blinding brilliance. Her heart hammered as flame surged outward—not wild this time, but whole, a single soaring blaze. It unfolded into wings that stretched wide, a phoenix of fire rising from her body, vast and radiant, c
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