Awakening from the Flames

She gritted her teeth against the sharp, searing pain, trying to push the metal storage rack off her leg. The rack itself wasn't extremely heavy, but it was burning hot.

Grabbing a damp towel, she wrapped it around one corner of the rack and managed to shift it aside.

A line of blisters had already risen on her leg from the contact.

Outside the doorway, Stella was shouting, her voice choked with p