Smoke & Ember

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>He was sent to fight the fire. He didn't expect to find her in its path.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I was supposed to parachute into Blacktail Ridge cut a fire line and get out.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the woman standing in the smoke is Ember Greene- my best friend's little sister and the one girl I was never supposed to fall for.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Six years ago Ember lost everything in a wildfire that rewrote both our lives. She disappeared and I never stopped wondering where she went. Now I've landed in her burn zone and she's back at the ranch she swore she'd never return to. She's still grieving angry and more stubborn than ever.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The flames aren't the only thing we're battling.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She doesn't trust me. Doesn't trust God.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But I see the girl I used to know buried under ash and armor and I'd walk through fire to bring her back.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've got a fire bearing down on us one last chance at something real and no guarantee we'll make it out.</span></p><p></p>