Prologue

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The fire flickered and engulfed the trees. Ash showered down on her broken porch that was blackened by the flames and the smoke. Her house was nothing more than a pile of ashes. The heat beamed on her small body that oddly resembled a small and frail doll. She was smeared across the ground wearing a dress that was once white.

This was it.

Her leg was trapped under a burning piece of wood. Her eyes teared and half of her ear was missing. She dropped her handkerchief. A handkerchief with purple hyacinths embedded in it. The jasmine has withered.

The tree fell down.

This is it.

The lily has bloomed.

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