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I was on fire.
It wasn’t like the desert sun that seared its mark onto any area of exposed skin. The heat came from within me.
I was the fire.
I couldn’t breathe. Was I dead? Alive? I didn’t know. All I could see were flames dancing around me. And the heat. The unrelenting heat.
I was falling.
Falling into the flames.
Then my head touched something soft.
Soft words murmured over me. A girl’s cry.
Lily.
Don’t come near me. I’ll burn you.
* * * *
Something cool was on my forehead. The fire was gone. I was alone in the dark. Where was I?
Black waves swam through my head. Then I heard his voice.
Cade. Where are you?
I ran through the darkness. I had to get to Cade. He needed me.
I needed him.
My legs sank into the black nothingness, swallowing me whole.
* * * *
“Senna. I’
