A/N: Alec is burnt at the stake.
Even as the fire licked my feet, I refused to howl in pain like my sister. Instead, I focused on numbing myself. Numb, numb, numb. It became a chant to me. Numb, numb, numb. Don't let it hurt you.
Fire was the Devil's work, burning anything that got in its. I had been forced to stand in its way, tied to wood. Everything on Earth was flammable. Including me.
Numb, numb, numb, Alec.
Jane's shrieks threatened to break through my built-up resistance. I could no longer feel her hand grasped tightly in mine.
Then there were more screams, but they overrode my sister's.
The inferno never stopped.
Numb, numb, numb.