TW: THIS CHAPTER WILL CONTAIN CERTAIN TOPICS THAT PEOPLE MAY FIND DISTURBING. READER'S DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
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The pain faded. The screams—Seth’s, Jacob’s, the crackling of fire—all of it vanished.
For a moment, there was only silence.
Then—
Laughter.
Soft. Bright. Alive.
My eyes flew open.
I was standing in a field of golden firegrass, the blades swaying gently under a sky painted in twilight hues. And there, just ahead—
The twins.
Not as flickering flames inside me. Not as fragile, warring spirits.
Whole.
Real.
Just like I had seen them the last time I had seen them in my dream.
Or rather a nightmare...
They were rolling through the grass, giggling, their tiny hands batting at floating embers that danced around them like fireflies. The girl had th
