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It was time to face her troll.

But atwhatcost?

Chapter 14

Kane

The fire had been one of the biggest Kane had seen.

The kind of blaze that would go down in legend amongst any firefighter who helped to put it out.

Every firefighter on the service had a special fire. One that they would tell their grandchildren about one day. The kind of visually memorable blaze that was not only spectacular on the eye but full of untold peril too.

Of course, no firefighter ever actually wanted to see a fire like of this nature. Especially not if it meant innocent lives being placed at risk.

But they were kind of inevitable.

Part of the job.

And when fires of this magnitude did crop up, the sheer charge of adrenalin that filled every firefighter’s veins reminded them exactly why they chose this calling.

Kane hadn’t been involved in such a fire for a long time. He trawled his mind and had to go back to a factory fire he dealt with in his first year as a firefighter to match it.

It had been a long night. One he would never, ever forget.

Not every civilian made it out. A firefighter was lost too.

But given the circumstances, they had done the best job the possibly could.

But that was then.

Back in the present day, it had taken six crews to finally get a hold of the fire and put it out. The old warehouse development had been stalled a long time. As a result of this, the semi-derelict building was ripe for all manner of illegal activity.

The flames had been intense.

That was almost a given for any NYC fire.

What really made this fire so hard was the fact that over the course of the three floors, it appeared as if there were multiple fires.

This tested the firefighters in a way that was difficult to comprehend. Inside the building was like a maze. They hadn’t known what was around the next corner. It could be an empty room. Or it could be another blazing fire.

There had been reports that some refugees and homeless people had been using the building for respite.

Those rumors had been proven to be correct too.

All in all, the fire service had managed to successfully extract a total of thirty-seven people without a single loss of life. This included children and pregnant mothers.

It had been time for heroes to step up.

And Kane was one of those brave souls.

‘Now please tell me you’re coming to sink at least a dozen cold ones?’ McCall enquired, his weary expression showing exactly how tough the shift had been.

‘Not this time, dude,’ Kane said, changing out of his gear and getting ready to jump in the communal showers. ‘I’ve got a very special someone to go home to.’

‘Ha! Well, that’s fair enough,’ McCall said, a generous smile on his face. ‘I’ll let you off this time. And good for you, Kane. I mean that.’

The pair embraced and went for their showers.