Marked By The Flame

By Dove Rowell

It started with a shadow.

Not the kind that moves with you in the sunlight. No, this

shadow twisted. Shifted. Lurked just out of the corner of my

vision. And it wasn't alone.

By mid-morning, the cafeteria felt wrong. The fluorescent lights

flickered. The chatter around me seemed hollow, like echoes of

voices I couldn't quite hear. I squinted, trying to focus.

Then I saw it.

A girl from my math class, sitting two tables over. Her hair fell

in waves over her shoulders, but something was... off. A black

mist clung to her like smoke from a fire. I froze. My stomach

dropped.

I blinked. Nothing.

I blinked again.

The mist was still there. And I could see it now: whispers curling

from her ears like smoke, moving toward her mind. Lies. Doubts.

Fear.

I gasped, my hand flying to my mouth. Nia, sitting across from

me, leaned over.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FXR4CPC9
• ISBN13: 9798232137380
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Dove Rowell
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"