Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 192

Travis yanked the flaming wood away from his chest.

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His entire body screamed in pain, smoke clogged his lungs, but one of it mattered. Not when his world was falling apart.

He stumbled to his feet, gasping at the heat pressed against his back. His house, the only home he'd ever known was crumbling, flames consuming everything he'd ever loved, everything he'd ever held dear. He could still hear his parents screaming, but they were dying, becoming weaker and weaker until... silence.

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chest tightening, hot tears running down his soot-streaked face, his small frame trembling beneath

at his jokes and eaten the food his family had prepared were all gone. They were like ghosts in the wind, and fled at the first sound of trouble. Not one of them stayed, nor did

harsh cry came out of his mouth, but it wasn't enough. He couldn't hold in the pain, it was too raw, too sharp, too much. He screamed with all the strength left in his

cry of

world did not stop. The flames did not die down.

lights flashed through the night. Fire engines rushed to the building, spraying huge gallons of water, over the blaze that had consumed his home. He walked

standing tall and calm, in a well tailored black suit,

turned to

not to help, but to watch. To make sure his evil plan had worked. To see with his own eyes the Mahoneys