Going Under by Lauren Dane5/8/2023 “They best goddamn back off in my town or there’ll be hell to pay.” Helena wasn’t scrappy and scary like Lark. And now they’d have to attend yet more funerals. This was supposed to be a visit to share information and new spells. “They had to have used an accelerant of some type.” Lark, who still favored the side she hadn’t been shot on, looked on, standing next to him. But it didn’t hide the resolution that there was nothing else they could do to save those three who’d been caught inside and unable to escape. Grime coated the faces of the firefighters who’d been working to put the fire out. But the fire made that shiny cheery red into something more sinister. The red of the fire truck would delight children any other time. Over the cars parked by people who’d simply wanted to slump inside their homes and relax until they had to return to work the following day. The house burned, casting orangey yellow all across the street. It was a stench he’d hoped to never come across and yet, over the last months, he’d gagged on it more than once. Sickeningly sweet while at the same time sticky with death and pain. Burning flesh created a smell unlike any other he’d ever experienced.
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