Between Fire and Pines Button

Natalia felt like she was caught on the cusp of uncertainty, as if she stood on a firebreak. To her back was a world she understood, populated by the comforts of an old life. Family, home, a future already known and settled upon like the roots of ancient pine trees. But before her was a fire that fed on lies like dried kindle, and here, at this moment in time, Natalia saw the first spark jump the fire line and ignite everything she had believed to be unshakeable.