Ugh, everything hurts.Every limb and bone ached like I’d been hit by a tractor trailer, even my eardrums rang painfully. Light flashed behind my eyes, blinding me before I had the chance to open them. There was this wetness all over me, and I couldn’t tell if it were blood or sweat. I couldn’t smell it—not through the flames.Adley—her face came to mind, frozen in panic. Somehow, I found the strength to open my eyes, and instantly regretted it. There was too much to take in, from the burning furniture and the noxious stench it unleashed into the air, to the collapsed ceiling and fallen beams. The fire was everywhere, devouring everything. I could see that much from where I laid sprawled out on the floor, my right shoulder pinned down from a fallen china cabinet.“Adley—” I screamed above the crackle of flame and the shrill piercing sound of a fire alarm.I heard nothing, not even the shift
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