H A R L A N
It took everything he had to leave. He knew he couldn't stay there and listen to any of it. He would absolutely lose his mind and attack Blaze — maybe even kill him.
And right then, he couldn't think of a reason why he shouldn't. He stayed there for a moment, hoping she might shoot him down and crush his heart, and he was happy about that. He was happy because he wanted to see him suffer for trying to take someone away from him — from taking her.
He was not thinking clearly. He knew that. He went feral the second he told her he loved her. He completely lost it when instead of crushing his heart, she said she loved him back. That hurt and angered him, and he had to leave or he would have destroyed Blaze.
Blaze is your friend. He tried to remember this. He tried to gain back the humanity that had been lost the moment Maya uttered those words.
Did she mean it? She couldn't have.
