Chapter 277

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The horrible sight before my eyes was the worst nightmare I’d ever seen, yet no matter how hard I pinched myself, it wasn’t going away.

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As the fire covered Asher’s body, his skin began to peel down. Soon, the black burnt skin became ashes, and then the ashes disappeared entirely and blew down the corridor.

“No!” I screamed out of anger and sorrow. “No, no, no!”

My lungs ached as I cried out, but I couldn’t stop. Tears spilled down my face like a river, and my vision started to break out with spots as I shook.

No one was going to take Asher away from me.

This couldn’t be happening.

My skin began to burn again, and I realized the flames were engulfing me as well, but I didn’t care. There was nothing I could see but fire, endless, unstoppable fire. The screams and cries soon faded away, and as the flames danced around me, I realized that Ronald, Helene, and the other guests were gone too.

But somehow, despite my trauma and all that I’d endured at the hands of fire, my fear disappeared.

Without Asher, there was no point in going on. I wasn’t afraid anymore. I would accept my demise knowing that I did all I could in this lifetime.

But just as I resolved to close my eyes and accept my unavoidable and imminent death, a figure became clear in the inferno. They were standing not too far away from me, and when they walked forward, their features became more clear.

It was Emmett Keller.

“You’re finally here,” he remarked as the flames flicked around us. “I’ve been waiting for you for so long?

“Waiting for me?” I blurted out before I even had the chance to understand what was happening. “Why were you waiting for me, Emmett?”

His eyes remained fixed on mine and then he smiled calmly at me.

“I owe you an explanation,” he said.

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as my eyebrows creased together.

tell you everything,” he assured me as my mind began

for a second before I complied. Once I was close enough, Emmett caught my hand, and suddenly, the burning sensation that had consumed my body vanished, and moments later, the flames vanished as

gone, I realized our surroundings had changed, and we were back in our home in Wild Crawler. Our house looked exactly the same as it

an illusion?” I

him, I realized he was wearing the usual flannel shirt and jeans combination he used to wear. “Or you can call

dead,” I pointed out. “How can you play tricks

be dead, but a sorcerer can do a lot of things,” he said, and then

at the same table we’d shared dinner at for so many

have time, Emmett. I have to save Asher and look for

are alright,” Emmett interrupted me gently, but I shook my

sure?” I asked suspiciously as I eyed the front door. “How do you know

a few things,” he said vaguely, and then he gestured

suspiciously. None

be able to get back to them anyway if I don’t allow it,” Emmett sighed. “Come now, take a seat and I’ll

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Emmett as I settled into my

remarked after a moment of hesitation. “I thought

say that after what you did,” I cut

have a choice,” he said calmly. “Things

I reminded him angrily. “And now you think

“I understand your anger,

not sorry for what I did,” Emmett interrupted me sharply. “I’m sorry that I overestimated

you mean?” I demanded as

former husband sighed and

started with Asher’s father,” he explained. “Or more precisely, with his regret about his

queen?” I

for sorcerers in the first place.

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