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She pressed her palm to the man’s chest. The alley erupted in a blinding white flare. For a moment, the rain turned to steam, and the darkness recoiled. When the light faded, the man gasped, his shadow snapping back into place.

"Maybe," she breathed, a small, defiant spark dancing in her eyes. "But I'm a fool who’s still warm."

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She stepped into the alleyway behind the Gilded Cage, her combat boots silent on the wet pavement. A man slumped against the brickwork, his shadow detached from his body and flickering like a dying candle. He was a "Lost Soul," a human whose essence had been harvested by a Greater Demon. "Ember," a gravelly voice called from the shadows. She pressed her palm to the man’s chest

"He's still breathing," Emberly countered, her fingers beginning to glow with a faint, orange heat.

The rain in Central City didn't just fall; it hissed against Emberly Pearson’s skin, as if trying to extinguish a fire only she could feel. As a Phoenix, death was never the end, just a messy rebirth. But tonight, the scent of ozone and burnt sugar in the air meant something else was dying. When the light faded, the man gasped, his

"The Council wants this one buried," Jackson said, nodding toward the man. "Literally and figuratively."