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The closer we got to the fire, theabout it pulled at my memory The base of the flames was beyond blue, almost an electric purple The fla both with the same speed and intensity Only one person could make fire like that, and only one person could spread it so destructively

"Hurry Em hasn’t reached the Phone Company yet" Lily pulled at my arm and panted for air "Come on!"

"This isn’t noro slack, but I held on to her hand tightly

"This is the kind of fire that burned h I hoped that wasn’t true "Look around Why aren’t there any people on the street? Where are the cars? This doesn’t look like Ivy Springs; it looks like a host town"

Doubt Realization Fear

I squinted over h the smoke, from the direction we ca to be lit for Halloween Gone were the decorative pots of flowers and wrought-iron benches used to adorn the spaces between red hts remained, but only a feere lit, and the rest was broken sidewalks and weeds A power surge huht caht sky

Now Lily squeezed"I don’t think we’re really here"

"What?" Lily breathed

"I think we’re in a rip"

Chapter 46

"How are we in a rip?" Lily asked "We saw the fire from inside my apartment We even heard sirens"

"But we didn’t hear any more sirens after we came out of your apartment And your Murphy’s Law key didn’t work" I didn’t want to think too hard about the possible iain

"I’ve never heard anything about Ivy Springs catching fire That would be a huge part of our town history," Lily said, panting "Especially with all the post–Civil War building that was done here"

"If Jack and Cat started that fire, and I think they did, this rip is from the future Only my dad and Michael have ever seen those The whole situation escalates every time another rip shows up" My feet pounded the sidewalk in tihto us"

Rips were having an impact on people ere alive If that were the case, and E fire …

The Phone Company ca, the very place I’d first ht of the o in"

Michael caught E so fast she al to jerk away froht up "Look around--this isn’t the Ivy Springs we know It’s a rip"