Diana's POV:
I couldn't place what had happened. I saw the flames engulf Lydia, the sound of them roaring to life deafening and drowning the agonized screams of Lydia. I heard Darius scream at me to run. I felt the heat of the flames
The next thing I knew, Lucian had lunged at me in a protective way, covering me with his body.
"No!" I watched the flames and knew that Lucian would be turned to a black mass. The flames moved towards us as if it had a life of its own. "Lucian!!"
In the nick of time, the flames hit an invisible barrier and bounced back. "Lucian!!!" He couldn't hear me, and I knew it. He withdrew from me as if an external force had pulled him away, the cracking of bones mingled with his screams of pain filled the air.
His eyes fluctuated from green to red, and then back
