Promises Broken, Promises Kept

[Faye]

The house is burning.

We don't even park the car properly before Arthur and I bolt out the doors and rush to the house. The flames are growing around us, glowing an unnatural hue, a strange black and violet and green--one part fire and one part spell.

There is no way that anyone is alive inside.

I feel my legs go weak as they collapse to the ground.

"Oh god," I moan. "we're too late."

Arthur doesn't hear me. He rushes inside