C14 Chapter 14

THE CHOICE

"This world cares nothing for me."

—Arianna Spero

Fire is everywhere. Filling my sight, lapping at my skin like hungry demons, burning my nostrils. Smoke clouds my vision, and I trip over a body. I'm scared to look down, because I know what I will see. What I always see.

Daison. He is stuck under the burning logs. He is dying. I pull and tug, but I can't save him