Burning Desire
His hands trembled as he tried but couldn't put it out, his heart pounding in his chest.
"Nate, stay back!"
Her voice was the last clear thing he heard before the fire roared to life.
His mind raced through every possible escape, but all he could hear was the relentless crackling of the flames, closing in, wrapping around him like a living, breathing thing.
The heat blistered his skin, the air too thick to breathe. He could barely see through the haze, barely think past the panic. She was inside, inside that fire. He had to save her. He tried. He called her name, over and over, his tiny voice raw with desperation.
Sikat na Kabanata