TW: THIS CHAPTER WILL CONTAIN CERTAIN TOPICS THAT PEOPLE MAY FIND DISTURBING. READER'S DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
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The ground trembled again; this time, the distant trees screamed as they crumbled to ash. Dark tendrils slithered through the cracks in the earth, creeping toward us like living shadows.
This was stronger than the dark phoenixes I had faced that time.
A sharp pain made me clutch my stomach as my breath came in short gasps.
No. Not now. Not when they're still so vulnerable.
Jacob grabbed my hand and started running at full speed. The trees around us withered as we ran, their fiery leaves turning to blackened husks before crumbling away. The very air grew thick with a suffocating darkness that made my flames sputter weakly against my skin.
Seth kept
