The Lady Gambles
“The two men were blackened from head to toe from having several times entered the burning building before them, thick black smoke now billowing out of every doorway and window of the building even as the flames and sparks shot up through a hole in the burning roof.
Butler’s eyes glittered wildly in his own soot-covered face. ‘Ben is still in there!’ ‘There is nothing more we can do,’ Dominic repeated dully, his own expression grim beneath the soot and grime as he stared up at the inferno that had once been Nick’s.
‘But—’ ‘He’s gone, Drew.’ The older man’s arms fell helplessly to his sides, his weathered face echoing the defeat both men felt as they could only stand now and watch the fire blaze out of control despite their own efforts and that of the men who had arrived a few minutes ago to help put it out.
The fire had been well under way when Dominic himself had arrived some half an hour or so ago. Nowhere near as fierce as it was now, of course, but even so he had quickly drawn a ha...lt to Drew and Ben Jackson’s efforts as they rushed in and out of the building salvaging what they could.MoreLess
Butler’s eyes glittered wildly in his own soot-covered face. ‘Ben is still in there!’ ‘There is nothing more we can do,’ Dominic repeated dully, his own expression grim beneath the soot and grime as he stared up at the inferno that had once been Nick’s.
‘But—’ ‘He’s gone, Drew.’ The older man’s arms fell helplessly to his sides, his weathered face echoing the defeat both men felt as they could only stand now and watch the fire blaze out of control despite their own efforts and that of the men who had arrived a few minutes ago to help put it out.
The fire had been well under way when Dominic himself had arrived some half an hour or so ago. Nowhere near as fierce as it was now, of course, but even so he had quickly drawn a ha...lt to Drew and Ben Jackson’s efforts as they rushed in and out of the building salvaging what they could.MoreLess
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