Chapter 55
Shadows in the Flame
Mary’s POV
I was running.
The air was thick with smoke, my lungs clawing for breath as flames licked the cracked walls around me. A scream tore through the burning silence mine , or someone else’s, I couldn’t tell. Shadows flitted through the inferno like ghosts, and somewhere ahead, I heard Andrew’s voice calling my name.
“Mary!”
I turned a corner and nearly tripped over a bloodied pipe. The warehouse was collapsing around us. Sparks rained like dying stars from the rafters. I could see them Andrew, Nicholas, and Elijah standing like silhouettes in the firelight.
All three of them.
Andrew’s face was torn between rage and fear. Nicholas looked pale, trembling. But Elijah... he smiled. Smiled like he was watching the world crumble just as he planned
