DOUBLE EDGED A Harper's Book. (Book 10)

Flames Of Despair

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No sooner than Marcus dropped the match the flames ignited and was spreading at a rapid pace. Angry shadows formed on the walls as the flames danced about and the smell of burning wood and wires was beginning to sting my eye's. I watched as the paint and wallpaper begin to shrivel up and melt away. I knew that would be our bodies very soon if we continued to sit here. No questions about it, we had to act and act fast.

Laney's coughing brought me back to the present as I realized how thick the smoke was becoming. I could feel my own airways starting to clog up and my breathing becoming labored. Each time I inhaled smoke seeped in putting a beating on my lungs. My eye's were stinging and watering up as I fought to keep them open. My skin was becoming warm and a sweat had broken out over my body as the fire grew stronger. Crackling could be heard as the flames begin to claim wall's and anything else in it's path. I watched in horror as the roof ignited which only made the fire accelerate. Something had to be done before the roof collapsed down on us. "Laney?" I wheezed out.

" Get out of here. Pull your rope and free yourself. Don't worry about me, I won't feel a thing. Kill me baby doll and live. "

"Are you fucking retarded?" She wheezed back angrily.

Okay, that definitely wasn't the response that I was hoping for but who was I kidding? My wife was the most stubbornness asshole to walk the face of the earth. I knew before I suggested for her to kill me that the answer would be no. I would say the same thing had she asked that of me. "I've got a plan London" .

God be with me. I knew without a doubt that her impulsive side was controlling her at this moment. I only prayed that it didn't get her killed this time. Me, I could except dying but I would never except her dying. If the unimaginable happened I would continue to set here and allow the flames to swallow me. "Baby doll don't be stupid. Pull your fucking rope and get the hell out".