<strong>HEIDI</strong>


    “You said you wanted to be bigger than yourself.”


    I lifted my head off the ground and pried my eyes open. My vision was red and I could feel blood trickling from the cut on my head. The heat from the mes enveloped us as the smoke got thicker. I coughed.


    “Look around you,” he spread his arms. “There is nothing left of your past. There is nothing left to fight for, Heidi!”


    His golden eyes glowed brighter. I pushed myself off the ground. My bad shoulder was aching badly again—so much for the recovery. I held my wand with my good arm and pointed towards him.


    “My past does not define me,” I croaked. My throat was dry.


    He bore his wild gaze on me, “If you kill me, <i>He</i> will take us both down.”Content protected by N?v/el(D)rama.Org.


    I looked around us as the fire swallowed the ce. It might have been a bare, concrete building but it was once my home. I took a deep breath and waved my wand.


    “Then we’ll both die here so no one else gets hurt.”