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Escaping felt like being born again but having to die first.
Zaretha is still dreaming of flames several nights after she fled the fire in the brothel and left the capital behind.
Surviving was a miracle altogether, but in this case, the miracle has a name and brought with it, own problems.
Where to now? Far away, but where? To Tajir, where she would like to be, or anywhere else, to not bring war to the door of the people she cares about?
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