CASSIE:
Hi, hello, welco, breathe—
Book One of The Firefly’s Burden is complete.
We made it. You made it. Everyone’s okay. Mostly.
We just wanted to say thank—
MIRA (bursting in):
HI I’M HERE.
CASSIE:
Gods save .
MIRA:
grabs the mic
HELLO, BEAUTIFUL HUMAN READER WHO JUST LET US TRAUMATIZE YOU FOR 100 CHAPTERS!!
We did it.
You did it.
You climbed the emotional rollercoaster, you held onto the safety bar, you closed your eyes during the scary parts, you got motion-sick during the romance, and you survived .
Frankly? You deserve a dal. A shiny one. With sparkles.
CASSIE:
Mira, let them breathe.
MIRA:
NO, because THEY DIDN’T.
Not for, like, HALF the book.
leans dangerously close to cara
You good? Hydrated? Ate sothing today besides trauma and plot twists?
No? GO FIX THAT. I’LL WAIT.
CASSIE:
She won’t. She absolutely won’t.
MIRA:
ANYWAY.
Thank you for reading our story.
Thank you for loving us.
Thank you for staying through the fights and the kisses and the chaos gremlin monts.
(Again: mostly .)
And THANK YOU for not giving up on us even when everything caught fire.
Sotis literally.
CASSIE:
Frequently literally.
MIRA:
We hope you felt the magic.
The softness.
The stupid jokes.
The “Mira, stop threatening gravity.”
The “Cassie, baby girl, please stop almost dying.”
You know.
Our love language.
CASSIE (gently nudging Mira aside):
Seriously though…
From both of us—thank you.
Your comnts, your theories, your screaming, your crying emojis—they an the world.
We started this book scared.
We’re ending it strong.
Together.
Because you held our hands through every step.
MIRA:
BUT DON’T LEAVE YET.
CASSIE:
Here we go.
MIRA:
Book Two is coming.
CINDERBORN.
It’s bigger.
It’s hotter.
It’s gayer.
I set more things on fire.
Cassie becos terrifyingly hot with magic.
Rori has gender.
Naomi wins fights just by existing.
Kess is illegal in twelve districts.
Kael invents a new form of rage-disappointnt.
Aevryn says profound things while everyone ignores him.
Althaea cries once (it breaks reality).
And I—
dramatic pause
—I get even prettier.
CASSIE:
You do. Unfortunately for my sanity.
MIRA:
SO.
If you liked Book One?
If you scread? Cried? Threw your phone?
If you thought “goddamn these lesbians are unhinged”?
MIRA leans closer again.
Read Book Two, Cinderborn, with us.
We’re only just getting started.
CASSIE (softly, warmly):
We’ll et you there.
Sa place.
New chaos.
MIRA:
BRING SNACKS. AND PROTECTIVE GEAR.
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