Watching Her Burn

VANCE’S POV

She’s burning up in my arms.

One second Rowan is limp against my chest, unconscious but breathing, and the next her skin is on fire.

Actual fire, heat radiating off her so intense it nearly blisters my palms, and she’s writhing and twisting and making sounds that aren’t quite screams but close enough to make everything inside me go cold.

No. No no no no no.

“Rowan.” I’m shaking her, cu