5 Minute Freewrite Prompt New Story #9 | It's in the Morning Edition

"Is that from the fire in the Cape Cod?" Adam asked. He lifted Cassie's sleeve up, revealing the blistering spots on her left hand. "I didn't realised how bad these were before. Are they getting worse?"

Cassie remained silent, unsure of how to explain these new marks on her body, but her silence only misled Adam to believe he'd been correct about their source.

"We have to find Scarlett," he said. "She has to pay for this and everything else she's done." Cassie still didn't know what to say, the situation was much more complicated than that. She looked at the morning edition of Twilight News that layer not the dashboard of Adam's car. Something on the headlines caught her attention just for a moment before Adam spoke out loud in anger.

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"How can you just sit here so calmly!" He took his eyes off the road to momentarily glare at Cassie. "You've been physically, and most likely permanently, scarred by her. We can't let her get away with this."

"These burns aren't from our battle with Scarlett," Cassie said, more abruptly than she'd meant to. "They're from last night."

Adam slowed the car almost to a stop. "Last night? What happened last night?"

This is a continuation free write prompt which would eventually turn into a short story novel. Perhaps, not so short anymore; anyhow hope you enjoy it. Maybe as I go along I will decide which title is suitable The Circle or Book of Shadows

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