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Chapter 117. The Burning Horizon 
Author: Chris Ahafa
last update2025-10-16 06:15:22

Smoke still drifted across the broken plain where the city once stood. The air smelled of dust and ash.

Every few seconds, the ground gave a low, tired groan, like it was still remembering what pain felt like.

Lisa sat beside a fallen highway pillar, holding Kevin close. The boy had cried himself to sleep, his cheek pressed against her shoulder. His small body shivered even though the air was hot.

Rae stood a few steps away, watching the horizon. The sky glowed red, clouds circling around a single pillar of fire in the distance.

It looked like a tower made of light, pulsing with a slow rhythm that matched the ground’s faint tremor.

Ellis crouched near a chunk of broken concrete, checking the few supplies they had left, half a bottle of water, a flare gun, a cracked map, and a small radio that hissed quietly with static. “No signal,” he said, his voice dry. “Not even the static’s normal anymore.”

Rae didn’t look away from the burning skyline. “Nothing’s normal anymore.”

Lisa laid Kev
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