The flames rose without warning, enveloping Suming in a fierce conflagration that extinguished as quickly as it had ignited. From the moment Ludmila saw the flames and pounced to grab Alayi by the throat, and Amir rushed in from outside the door, only four or five seconds had passed before the fire abruptly faded away.
Suming sat there naked and bewildered.
The cabin fell silent in an instant. Ludmila's face still wore anger, frozen in the shape of cursing someone, her blue eyes filled with disbelief, she stared blankly at Suming;
Amir and another Lure warrior, with their guns pointed at Ludmila's head, had their gaze locked onto Suming as if attracted by a magnet, unable to look away;
The Priest Alayi even forgot to cough, his hands trembling uncontrollably, slowly raising them as if he wanted to touch Suming's face but hesitated as though fearful of desecrating Suming, not daring to come closer.
