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Chapter 63: Wreckage and Flames

Author: Amy Graey
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Marco

In the thick haze I make my way inside the collapsing structure, choking from the outrageous smoke. My legs suddenly develop a mind of its own as I run into the wreckage not minding the flames ahead.

“Sarah!”

My voice is quenched by the raging flame and it feels like a arrow hit me when I step on something big.

It's a body.

In dread I pull it out, my heart breaking with every pull.

The burn is a lot, but not enough to disfigure the facial features as I recognize who it is.

Clara.

What if Sarah is in there too?

How did they find them here?

As the walls of the house continue to crumble, the flames going up and darkening the bright clouds immediately, I escape, before I get trapped.

I stare again at the wreck from a distance and something in me tells me Sarah isn't there. She can't be.

Getting back in my car, I zoom off back to my captive in a druken speed. I needed an outlet for my rage and Luca is my best bet.

I see blood footprints from the ground floor up until the last flo
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