Igniting Sparks

Chapter 23.

Edited by KitWulf              8-11-2020

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Lucas dragged Azura out of the bar by force. They were getting a lot of curious and strange looks as he struggled with her. She was resisting hard, fighting him with every step, growling like a rabid animal. but luckily most people had seen her flip out on that guy so they actually stepped to the side to let them through while blocking the man from even going near them. Her skin was searing hot, the heat pouring through her clothes and her eyes were spewing fire. This was even worse than when she had tried to attack Bethany.

The guy she was with had yelled something at them as Lucas had intervened, but he couldn't care less and didn't hear any of it. Seeing the guy grab and hold onto her while it was clear she wanted him to let go had made Lucas move in, but he was too slow to prevent him from kissing and actually trying to grope her. He had arrived just in time to pull her back as she went straight for him.

She didn't just want to slap him, that was for sure. She was going for a kill. If she hadn't lost control like this, Lucas would have hit the guy himself but now he had to keep his focus on her the whole time to prevent her from breaking free.

The cool night air embraced them as Lucas forcefully dragged her along. He had managed to get one of her arms folded high on her back pushing her forward. Every time she would try to fight him, he would lift her elbow higher, causing her shoulder to move in a way that was quite painful and preventing her from doing anything. She grunted and growled at him in disapproval. It was a powerful grip, often used by police to control violent people.

He guided her away from the bar to a nearby alley and spun her around to push her against the cold brick wall. Lucas grabbed both her hands and pressed them against the cold stone as he leaned in with his body to keep her trapped. It was a good thing the streets were almost deserted right now as most people were partying inside. Otherwise, he would have been charged with assault for sure.

"This is the one time I need a glass of water and it's not within reach." He sighed and instead he simply kept the pressure on her body with his own, preventing her from moving, hoping the cold wall and wind would do the rest.

She refused to look at him directly. Her eyes moving around frantically as if searching for an escape. Azura was strong, much stronger than she looked. Lucas gritted his teeth as her nails dug into his arms. The heat coming from her body was immense but strangely it did not scare him. Knowing what caused it, knowing it would not attack him calmed him while her heartbeat raced.

He felt it against his body, could feel every inch of her as if there was no space between them with his body pressed against hers. When he felt her muscles relaxing a bit he slowly eased up while keeping pressure on her hands and his leg pressed against hers to keep her in place.

"Come on, Azu! Look at me. You need to calm down, I'm not the enemy." As he stared into her eyes he noticed they were not the kind of blue he was used to. Instead, there were streaks of red running through them. A bright flaming red. It was strangely beautiful. The hair on his neck rose up as a chill ran down his spine.

Looking beyond her exterior, it was almost like her soul bared itself to him. The aggression she always tried keeping bottled up showed her true self. Deadly for those who crossed her and yet she was nothing like that normally. Two very contradicting sides of her which caused her to clash with herself over and over.

The determination and the fire behind her gaze was just intoxicating. Mesmerized by her eyes, his right hand had released her arm and without fully realizing it, he gently caressed her cheek. Her sharp intake of breath had him halting as it brought him back from the weird 'high' he was on.