Hearts On Fire
Chapter 4:

In Azar’s head: Flames consumed my body. Ready to burn everything to ashes and everyone around me. I was trying to fight it knowing that there are too many innocent people here. After all, my mate is here. No matter what she did, she's still my mate. But after all this time…this is how I replace her? My beautiful mate, so tiny and fragile. Beautiful as heaven. She looked like a goddess. Like a little porcelain doll. She was in the hands of other men. Dancing with them…seducing them…them touching her. The rage and jealousy burning inside of me was too strong. The thought of her being with someone else but me made me lose control like never before. After all these years of waiting for her…the pain and sorrow…my worry for her and these months that I couldn't feel her anymore…losing my mind thinking I'll never replace her. Thinking that she might be dead. Feeling this unexplainable guilt that I was failing her. That she needed me and I wasn't there for her. That I wasn't there to protect her…and here she was happy in the arms of another man. All of that made my fire even stronger, radiating from my body. Blaise was furious and it for sure didn't help the situation. He wanted blood. He wanted the souls of those who touched our mate. It wasn't long before my flames started spreading. Slowly catching everything around me on fire filling the room with smoke. I could hear screams in the distance. I guess people were running away. There was Thorne’s voice yelling at me to stop…to control myself but he better than anyone else knew that's not possible. Especially not now. Those two bastards just stood there, paralyzed with fear…as they should…and my mate. She looked at me with disgust on her face. Does she think I'm a monster? Well, I am one. Then her facial expression changed and I could see and feel her anger. Anger?! She's the one who's angry?! Oh hell no.

In Amaya’s head: I was dancing and enjoying myself when this man entered the room and started roaring mate?! Who’s his mate? My first thought was that it was Miranda but then I saw him looking straight at me. I'm not gonna lie, he's the most gorgeous man I've ever seen, but who the hell is he? Then his beautiful black eyes and a split second became red. What the actual fuck! A ball of fire appeared in his fist then it slowly started spreading, consuming his whole body. Oh.My.God. What is he? And why does he look at me with so much disappointment and rage?

Amaya: “What the hell are you talking about?! Stop doing that. You'll hurt someone!!”

Azar: “What are you doing?! You're mine!!”

Amaya: “What?! Excuse me?!”

Miranda: “Bub, we need to leave. The fire is spreading fast. We’re the only ones left.”

Thorne: “Azar, stop!!”

Azar: “Stay away from me, Thorne!! You know you can't stop me. You'll hurt yourself!!”

Miranda: “My mate!!”

Amaya: “What?!”

Miranda: “He hurt my mate!!”

Amaya: “Run that way, replace him and help him.”

Miranda: “I'm not leaving you alone here.”

Amaya: “Just fucking go.”

Azar: “I can’t control myself!! You'll get burned!! Run, now!!”

In Amaya’s head: For some reason, I felt drawn to this man. I wanted to go but I also wanted to stay. There’s something about him. He thinks I'm his mate? That's impossible, I'm human. I don't have a mate. What's wrong with him?! Yet it looked like I couldn't just leave him like this. It’s like I felt the pain he was feeling. This fire was getting closer and closer but it doesn't affect me. I don't have a clue why but I have this need to get close to him. Sure, I felt the heat of the fire but it didn't hurt at all. Quite the contrary, never in my life I felt before this effort he has on me. I need to understand why.

Amaya: “I'm not going anywhere. A little fire can't scare me.”

In Azar’s head: She’s staying? I need to calm down. Blaise, take it easy. We can't risk hurting her. No matter what she did and how we found her. I knew it's safer for her to run and never look back. I couldn't help myself but feel proud that she didn't. Despite all my efforts, it was too late. I couldn't do anything. Flames started consuming everything like never before. I couldn't see her anymore from the frame and I got scared. Did I end up killing my other half? I’m a monster. It's too late. Where is she? Did she manage to escape? She didn't have enough time to run. What have I done?! Then to my shock, I saw her tiny figure. She walked like she owned this whole world while the flames were dancing around her body. She’s alive. Fire doesn't affect her.

Amaya: “Who do you think you are?!”

Azar: “Are you okay? How are you not hurt?”

Amaya: “I don't know and I really don't care. I'm asking you who you are and what the fuck is all of this about?!”

Azar: “I'm your mate.”

Amaya: “You're fucking crazy.”

Azar: “What's so funny?!”

Amaya: “I don't have a mate, you fool.”

Azar: “Of course you do. I'm your mate.”

Blaise: “YOU’RE MINE!!”

Amaya: “I'm not anybody's property. Especially not yours. I don't belong to anyone and I don't have a mate. Don't you get that?”

Azar: “I was waiting for you for three years. Where were you?”

Amaya: “Get your hands off of me.”

Azar: “You're coming with me.”

Amaya: “What?! You're delusional. I'm not going anywhere with you.”

Azar: “Then why did you stay when I told you to run?”

Amaya: “I wanted answers but it looks like I'm not getting anything from you.”

Azar: “What kind of answers?”

Amaya: “I told you to get away from me.”

Azar: “I'm not trying to hurt you.”

Amaya: “Well it certainly doesn't look like that. I would be long dead if I couldn't resist this fire somehow.”

Azar: “I'm sorry I lost control like that. Come with me and we’ll talk. I need answers too.”

Amaya: “Yeah…no. Not gonna happen.”

Blaise: “You're coming home with us, little mate.”

Azar: “You're gonna hurt yourself. See? Let me see your fists.”

Amaya: “Screw you, stupid wolf.”

In Azar’s head: What the hell is going on?! (outside the bar)

Miranda: “Are you feeling any better?”

Thorne: “I'm healing.”

Miranda: “I need to go back for Amaya.”

Thorne: “You can't go back in there.”

Miranda: “She's my best friend. I need to save her.”

Thorne: “Azar isn’t gonna hurt her.”

Miranda: “How can you say that?! He set the club on fire.”

Thorne: “Thank God everyone got out on time.”

Miranda: “Everyone but my bub.”

Thorne: “She's his mate, she'll be fine. At least I hope.”

Miranda: “You hope?! Oh my God, I'm going!!”

Thorne: “You're not going anywhere, mate.”

Miranda: “I'm happy I found you but I need to see if she's okay. Bro’s before hoes.”

Thorne: “I'm your mate, not a hoe.”

Miranda: “Well you better not be one.”

Amaya: “I need to get out of here.”

Miranda: “Amaya, wait!!”

Thorne: “I'll replace you again.”

Miranda: “Mhm.”

In Thorne’s head: What a mess.

Azar: “Where did she go?!”

Thorne: “Let her go, you're not calm yet. Your eyes are still red.”