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Ash. That was all that was left, now. Everything else was gone, even her. Fire had destroyed everything that they'd worked so hard for, everything that they had held dear.
People gathered behind him while he gazed at the smoking ruins. He knew exactly why he'd lost her. She'd gone back to help the others; she'd gone back to help the people who trusted her. She'd done her duty by them, but it had cost her life. He never should have let her go back in.
It repeated over and over again in his mind. He never should have let her go. Maybe then he wouldn't have been torn up inside. But, if he'd stopped her, he would have felt that guilt for the rest of his life.
Now he had to deal with the pain. Now Dom had to deal with the ashes of his heart, and of New Hope.
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Posted 2/13/08