Ashleigh covered her face with her arm, trying to push past the heat of the flames, but each time she attempted to enter the room, the heat grew.
‘Go back.’
‘She chose this.’
‘There is nothing to do.’
The voice had been whispering nonstop since she entered the building. She would be lying if she didn’t admit that she was tempted. At this point, she wasn’t even sure she could safely guide Alice back up the stairs.
‘Go before it is too late!’
‘She knew the risk!’
‘They will both die, and the world will be safer for it.’
A soft growl in the back of her mind was the reason she couldn’t let go. It struck something deep inside of her. A feeling she couldn’t identify.
Once more, she tried to push into the room, but an explosion further inside seemed to set off several others, and another burst of flames sent her falling back out of the room.
Her elbows hit the ground hard, and the pain flared through her arms.
‘If you stay, you will die!’
