Lyra's POV
The Fire That Was Set Inside
"No…"
The word left my mouth as heat hit my face and smoke rose fast, it was thick and sharp and my eyes stung.
"Water!" someone shouted.
"Move!" Darius roared and then everything broke into chaos, guards ran and buckets crashed.
Feet hit against stone and I stepped back as flames pushed out from the inner hall, they climbed fast, too fast.
This was not normal, this was not an accident.
"Lyra, stay behind me," Darius said and I shook my head.
"I can help."
"This is not a debate."
"I am not standing still while your pack burns!"
Kael moved closer.
"Then stay between us."
"I am not something you guard like a wall!"
"Right now, you are," he snapped and then another beam cracked above us and the fire spread
