No Strings Attached

lan was like a man possessed, charging towards the inferno, but several bodyguards clung to him with a death grip. "Mr. Hayes, it's too dangerous! There's gasoline in there. The flames are relentless!" "Get off me! I have to save Clara. I have to save my child."

"Mr. Hayes, you'll get killed if you go in there. Let us handle it."

With a punch for each, lan floored the bodyguards and, heedless of anyone's attempt to stop him, soaked his clothes in seawater before diving into the fiery abyss.

Running, he bellowed, "Clara, I'm coming for you! Where are you?"

His search turned up no sign of Clara. Just as he contemplated storming upstairs, a familiar voice pierced through the roar of the flames. "Ian, help me!"

her menacingly. His heart clenched at the sight. Clara must have won their struggle. She had tied up Heidi and made

lan kicked a ball of fire towards Heidi, intensifying

Heidi screamed, "lan, please, save me! I'll tell you where

moved, the tighter they became. As the fire surged towards her, she wailed and pleaded with lan,

flames engulfed Heidi. The searing heat tortured her beyond

heard a familiar voice. Edwin, leading a group, charged into the blaze, shouting orders to retrieve his sister from the depths. Heidi thought her salvation had come at last. Edwin wasn't as

was Heidi. His eyes turned steely, and his voice was ice-cold. "Heidi, this is the bed you've made. Dream on

and Edwin, when it came to the crunch, chose to save Clara. So many were diving in to rescue that

she roared at the sky, "Clara, go

abandoned by all, and her consciousness ebbed away. lan searched underwater, desperate, finding no trace of Clara. The waves crashed