ZION

Fire roared around me. Heat licked at my skin as I ran towards it, smoke burning my lungs.

They were calling out to me.

“Zuri.”

“This way.”

I turned in circles, heart hammering, but every path collapsed into more fire. I swiped at it, claws slicing through flames that recoiled only to strike again.

Pain ripped through me, wrapped around my limbs, my throat, until my strength gave out and the flames swallowed me ...