Sort:  

"Her thoughts turned cool and still as the cottage blazed." Cool contrast. Very nice turn of phrase.

Wonderful ending! Great story, @johnkingwriter, kept me enthralled. Looking forward to reading more of your stories.

This has turned out to be one of my favourites. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

John, you seriously rocked this entire series. I am officially a fanatic for your writing.

Thanks, Jon. I'm glad you enjoyed it. This one turned out better than expected :)