Ashes and Memories

Ashes and Memories

The city burned behind her as she ran, her lungs aching from the smoke. Her hands clutched the small trinket—a locket her brother had given her before the bombs dropped. In the chaos, she had lost him, and now she wandered through the ruins, searching for a face she feared she would never see again. But even in the midst of destruction, hope flickered in her heart, a fragile ember in the ashes.