The mother, flustered, hushed the child and pushed the cart away. But Carrie just smiled. It wasn't an insult. It was a fact.
They didn't.
Leo stood there, perfectly still. His face wasn't scared. It was… reverent. He looked at the faint, fading glow in her hair, then at her wide, terrified eyes. carrie emberlyn
He didn’t ask if it was natural. He didn’t call it fire hair. He just reached out, very slowly, and touched the tip of the strand that had formed the glowing question mark. It was cool to his fingers. The mother, flustered, hushed the child and pushed