Catching Fire Novels & Stories

"You're my boss. Protecting you is my job." "Ha!" His eyes lit up instantly as he lunged at me. I instinctively pushed him away, and he slammed into the wall. Grimacing in pain, he smiled even brighter. "It's the first time I've seen a woman like you. You've got fire." Simon pulled out a cigar and held it between his teeth. "Marry me." We fell in love in the time it took one cigar to burn down. Later, we learned we were meant to be each other's arranged match.

I could see fire blazing above me, hear the screaming of those caught in the flames, as I continued to claw my way back to the surface. I am Ember’s only hope of survival. My mate needs me and I’m not going to let some elves bury me alive, leaving her to die. When the earth begins slowly closing beneath us, I push to the surface again, lifting my head in the air, trying to find her scent among the scent of fire, water, earth, and air, intermingled with burned flesh and blood. I hear a scream of agony a moment before we’re all blown off our feet by the strongest blast of fire I’ve ever seen or felt. I roll when I feel my fur burning, quickly extinguishing the fire on my body.

His eyes immediately go to them, and his grip on my ass tightens. I’m wearing practically skin tight leather pants, and I feel every imprint of his fingers. His heat, his breath. “Are you a fireman? Cause you came in hot and left me… wet,” I say, moving in close to his face. When he laughs and his hands fall from my ass, I use the moment of distraction to my advantage and throw myself about three feet back. I push my palms together and form a literal fireball, and hurl it at him. My eyes go wide when he catches it like it's so easy, and it doesn’t burn his skin, then looks down at the intense ball of flame with awe. Every cell in my body says to teleport out, go anywhere but here. But I’m fr

But her words fell on deaf ears as Cal’s eyes blazed with a cold, unrelenting rage. “I don’t care,” Cal snarled as his palms ignited into white-hot flames, sending a scorching wave of heat towards them. “If we had known, we wouldn’t have done it.” The first ball of fire whizzed past Tobin’s head, singeing his hair and shattering the cupboard behind them. With panicked shouts, the three of them scattered around the kitchen island, frantically crafting shields to protect themselves. But Cal didn’t care. He continued unleashing his fiery wrath, filling the house with acrid smoke and piercing screams.

He pick up the call. Hunter doesn't know what his friend heard, because his now furious friend cursed and stuffed his phone inside his pocket. "We have to go now. The house is on fire." "What?!" Hunter's voice came out as a whisper. 'The house' was the place where they keep their all weapons and documents. He gritted his teeth before standing up and stomping out of there, followed by Kaiden. __________________ "Don't you have anything to say to me?" Arjun asked after his staring contest with his best friend.

The flames were growing fast, spreading to the wooden shelves. Selene's eyes widened. She rushed forward and tried to put out the fire with a cloth, but the flames only grew bigger. She coughed as the smoke filled the room. Her eyes stung. She tried to move away, but the fire was blocking the path to the door. The heat was intense. She kept coughing, her burned hand throbbing with pain as she struggled to find a way out. The fire crackled louder, spreading across the kitchen. Selene backed away, her heart racing with fear. The smoke was getting thicker. She couldn't breathe properly. She dropped to her knees, coughing violently, trying to cover her mouth.

Cassie was just about to change the subject, when she heard people around her screaming in panic. 'There's a fire! Fire! '

Within seconds we will be caught in the rapidly spreading fire. When I lower the little girl down, the three of them reach up to catch her and she wraps her arms around the oldest boys neck, clinging tightly. I waste no time in jumping out the window beside them. As I leave the window, I feel a deep sting on my leg and foot.

"The building we were in—it caught fire. I don’t even know how it started. Maybe it was an accident, or maybe it was some of the raiders. It doesn’t matter. All I know is that one minute we were together, and the next...." I trailed off, my hands trembling in my lap. My mind was back in that burning building, the smoke so thick I couldn’t see, couldn’t breathe. I could still hear Chloe’s voice, calling out to me, begging me to save her. But I hadn’t been fast enough. I hadn’t been strong enough. "I tried to get to her," I whispered, my voice breaking. "I really tried. But the fire—it was too much. I couldn’t... I couldn’t reach her."

Chapter 13 Set Fire and Burn by Ruth Nalio Angelica… Darkness surrounded me and the screaming of the wind filled my ears. The ground shook beneath my feet, cracking with each step I took. My flaming fingertips trailed along the walls of the building next to me, catching it on fire with ease. Inside, I was filled with more pain and anger than humanly possible. Terror woke me from my nightmare, and I sat up screaming. Looking down at myself, I jumped out of the bed as I realized I was on fire. “Fuck! No!” I shook my hands, as if I could shake out the fire.