It was a warm Southern voice that answered him. “Sure, brother. I got you covered.” There was a snap, just one, and the tiniest flame appeared in the dark, illuminating Cole Stewart’s furious face. I thought, at first, he’d struck a match, but the fire at his fingertips bloomed, swallowing his hand, devouring the arm he sent flying toward Jarvin’s face. There was screaming, so much screaming, as the fires around us grew, catching the soldiers behind him and engulfing them in a wave of heat that sent them running down the hall, stumbling over one another until they finally collapsed. The smell
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