Darker Than Black
Copyright© 2025 by Aurora Borealis
Prologue
The room was pitch black. I could not see but I knew that there were sheets around me, and I knew that a breeze was coming in through a window. Just as I knew that my world was about to change.
It started out as a warm feeling on my stomach, as if a cat had climbed onto me and curled up there. Then it got too warm. Then it got to be burning and I started tossing and turning, trying to get the covers off me.
Then hell erupted around me.
My sheets were alight in a split second, and I screamed as I fought to get them off of me. The fire was too hot though. It seemed to be melting the blanket to my skin. I tried to scream louder but the smoke was already filling the room, forcing most of the air down as the blaze absorbed what was left above. I was choking and rasping as the smoke and heat seared my throat and made my lungs seize up.
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