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<p> ...My body was on fire. </p> <p> The black flame crept from my feet and moved upward. </p> <p> My legs, my torso, my weapon-held hand, and my neck. </p> <p> </p> <p> It happened so quickly yet excruciatingly slowly. </p> <p> I felt both terrified and calm at the same time. </p> <p> The fire was both cold and hot on my skin. </p> <p> </p> <p> I watched it all happen, and before I disappeared, I saw him knelt beside me. </p> <p> Sick bastard. Was he enjoying watching me burn? </p> <p> I refused to look away. If he thought he could intimidate me, he should have known me better. I would stare him down, or at least die trying, until my last breath swallowed this fire. </p> <p> </p> <p> "Goodbye," he mouthed the words to me as I became completely covered in flames. </p> <p> </p> <p> Tears and blood. </p> <p> My tears and my blood. </p> <p> </p> <p> I burned. </p> <p> *** </p> <p> Leah, a 16-year-old girl with a terminally ill sister, receives the highly coveted Invitation. Becoming a Rhombic, a monster hunter, could be the only chance to make their lives better and even save her sister. However, when she becomes a Rhombic, Leah is devastated to learn that she is unprecedentedly weak. </p> <p> </p> <p> But an accidental encounter presents her with a weapon that could change everything. </p>
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