Ash looked down at her hands.

It had been centuries since she devoted her mind, body, and soul to Blaze. She had done it for Mara- her best friend. She had done if for her two wonderful children. She thought Blaze would bring Mara back to life once she joined him. She thought the power she would get from joining him would let her be able to protect her children. She was wrong. He pulled her away from her friends and family and didn’t do shit to bring Mara back. He changed Ash in ways she could never have imagined. She felt numb. It had all started when she walked into that fire, taller than a house, and finally pledged herself to Blaze. That’s how she got the scares that painted her body. There were burn scares scaling up and down her hands, arms, torso, legs, neck, and face. She didn’t care, though. Not anymore. Anymore she didn’t seem to care about anything at all.