d Helen' s voice cut through th

t up! Wher

eard her heavy footsteps on the

st is chaos. No one knows where the Chief

oked at my mother-in-law, the respected matria

he is," I said. My v

e his wife!" she snapped. "The town is

e was with Chloe. He' d taken the best hotshot crew, the brand-new Type 3 engine, and the only water tender wit

the woman he truly loved, using the town' s most

ce trembling. "Someone has to go get him. You know

" I

ling open. "No? Elara, people cou

ide of the bed. My body felt heavy, clumsy with th

ed up from the do

er. She looked at me with wide, t

p there," she said, her voice de

pression a mixture of desperation and pride.

bed her keys, and

happen. I knew the words Caleb would use. But it was better Ma

sickening orange. The smell of smoke was

e driveway. Maya stumbled inside, h

she sobbed, collapsing

What did he say?

rking with you." She looked at me, her eyes full of confusion and hurt. "He said you were a jealou

zen, her face p

It was exactly