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2023-01-17 19:17:29It was odd being home without Gabriel. Dex comforted me and kept me entertained throughout the night…in ways only he can. I am not going to lie, it was nice to sleep in for once.
The sun was angrily shining into my room. Accusing me of wasting the day. I lazily got out of bed. Dex had gotten up hours ago now. I don't know how he can be such a morning person even when he gets very little sleep. I remembered to take my vitamins before leaving the room this time."Good morning, sleepyhead." Dex smiled at me as I took my last step off the stairs."Good morning." I flashed him a sarcastic grin."Oh come on, Sunshine. You can't still be tired after sleeping the morning away, can you?" He grabbed my wrist pulling me towards him. Those stormy gray eyes kept me entrapped in his gaze."I sure can." I stuck my tongue out at him, playing. Dex stuck his out at me as well. I couldn't help the smirk he caused.Related chapters
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We went to Ash's house with a definite pep in our step. I feel a little guilty for wanting to show these ultrasound pictures to Ash and Layla. Hopefully soon they'll have their own bundle of joy to gush over. "Twinkie!" Ash's voice came from behind me. I turned to find him jogging up to us. He was covered in dust from all the rubble. He shook like a dog in front of me causing a large dust cloud to fly off him. I coughed, waving away the air in front of me. "Gods, Ash." Another cough escaped. "You need a shower." He let out a deep chuckle."You think so?" He joked. "Were you coming to see me?""Yes. Look at your niece, but don't touch till you're clean." I teased him, holding the strip of pictures out in front of me for him to see. "Is that a fin?" His eyes bulged, but the corners of his lip stayed lifted happily. "Yes it is. She's part siren afterall." Dex answered him proudly. I couldn't help the smirk that crossed my face. "That's amazing guys!" Ash went to hug me, but I steppe
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We had gathered everything in front of Lucy. She stirred it all up in her little travel cauldron. She had tied her hair back out of the way revealing her beautiful face. She had sharp string features. Her skin was a beautiful white with a kind of peachy undertone. She was about 5'10 or 5'11. It's a good thing Eric is so tall. She focused on her work and chanted some odd language. When she was done she poured it all in a cup and handed it to Ash. "Drink up." She told him. Ash gulped, eyeing the neon green liquid in front of him. He took it quickly, swallowing it down with a lot of effort. He let out a groan of disgust when he was done. Layla squeezed his shoulders from behind him. She was emotional. How could she not be? "Did it work?" Ash asked Lucy. "Are you doubting my work?" She arched her eyebrow. "I didn't mean-" Ash fumbled with his words. "I'm only kidding." She interrupted Ash. "It worked, I promise. Here." She waved her hands around us and a large bubble hung around us
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Sam's P.O.V.She's so beautiful, even draped in another man's arms. All I see is her pure heart and abundance of love. She makes me want to love just as deeply. I've never met someone like her before. Someone that has been through a lot of darkness, but stayed pure. I know Lucy is going to scold me when she gets the chance. I didn't tell her Ember was married or pregnant. I just told her about Ember. I didn't mean to honestly, but I couldn't seem to stop talking about her once I started. "You really like this girl, don't you?" She had asked me on the phone when I had called her yesterday. "It's that obvious, isn't it?" I sighed. "Extremely. I haven't heard you talk this way about a girl since Jenna." She teased me. Jenna was an ex-girlfriend now. I thought I would marry her one day, but she freaked when she found out I wasn't human."She's just so amazing, Lucy. She's so caring and sweet. She's b
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Ember's P.O.V."Where's Sam?" I asked Dex, after Eric and Lucy left. It had been a few minutes now since I saw him. I thought he was following behind Lucy, but he never came in. "I'm here." Sam smiled at me, but when he stepped through there was someone behind me. "Guys, this is Evelyn." He introduced the absolute beauty behind him. This woman was gorgeous. I thought elves were beautiful, but clearly angels have the upper hand. Her wings were tucked tightly behind her, as they began to recede back into her. Her gaze was sharp and her arms crossed. She was not friendly. She eyed me carefully, before wrapping herself around Sam's arm. I was caught off guard and my chest tightened at her act. Is Sam taken? Is this beauty wrapped around him a girlfriend I didn't even know he had. It doesn't matter, it doesn't involve me. Good, he has a girlfriend. He should. He's handsome and sweet and he should have someone to lo
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"Ember?" I felt a light tap on my cheeks. "Open your eyes, my love." Dex's voice was pulling me back from the darkness. I felt my eyes fluttering open, slowly. The light was bright and my head was hurting. "Oh thank God." Dex let out a breath. "I am so sorry." He tucked his head into the crook of my neck. He was shaking his head, fighting his guilt. He didn't have anything to feel guilty about. "Don't be sorry. That was amazing." I rubbed my fingers through his hair. "Ember you were out for almost 5 minutes. I tried healing you, but Nova just ate up my magic instead. She's a greedy girl." He placed his hand over my bump that seemed to have grown twice its size now. "She ate your magic too. We need to go to the doctor." "Is she okay?" My voice cracked. "I'm sure she's fine. It's you I'm worried about." He sighed. He got off the bed quickly pulling his pants on. He p
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Sam stayed brooding by the wall. It reminded me of the time Toni sat against the wall in Eric's room. It tugged at my heart. Toni was consumed in darkness at that time and I didn't even know. "Are you just going to stay like that?" I asked him. I don't like brooding men. "How else should I stay?" He arched an eyebrow at me. "I don't know, at least sitting in a chair." I sighed. "Okay." He sat in the chair Dex was just in, with a cheeky smirk on his face. "Is this better?" "If you weren't in Dex's seat, then it would be." I shook my head at his antics. He grabbed my hand unexpectedly, caressing the back of my palm with his thumb. "Please be more careful, Ember." His voice was soft and tender. His touch was warm against my skin. A familiar feeling began to build in my chest. With each passing day his touch becomes stronger, almost pulling me towards him. I squeezed his hand before pulling it away. He seeme
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After a few minutes of awkward silence, I finally spoke. "Are guardians and their charges always so close?" I asked, not looking at them. "Yes. We're in charge of keeping them safe from the moment they turn 1. We stay close to them. Being physically away from them is painful for us." Evelyn explained. Well damn. Knowing she feels the need to touch him made my jealousy worse. He's not Toni. He's not Toni. I kept repeating that mantra to myself the entire time he sat beside me. He shifted on the couch stretching his arms out over the back of the couch. His fingertips were so close to my left shoulder now. If he stretched his fingers out they would graze my skin. My heart sped in my chest. The hairs on my shoulder were standing on end, almost calling for his fingers to touch them. My sweet Dex is in the kitchen making me food and I'm sitting here hoping Sam's fingers just lightly graze my shoulder. I need to move. I need to get away. I won't do this to him. I leaned to my right a l
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"Sam, we need to talk." I sat up, so I could look at him. I forgot about his hand that had been slowly creeping down the side of the couch. His hand lightly touched my back and goosebumps shot up my neck. There was a small spark, remnant of the one I would feel with Toni. What is this? "I'm listening." Sam smiled at me, lightly rubbing my back with his fingers. I felt myself melt into his touch for a moment, before I snapped myself out of it. I shook my head and pulled away from his hand. It took everything in me not to lean forward again and let him touch me. "Why do you have some of Toni's memories? I know these images are coming from you. Explain, because it makes no sense to me." I demanded. Sam froze alongside Evelyn. "He can't tell you, at least not yet. You'll get your answer in a week now." Evelyn spoke for him. I didn't like that answer. "Why can't he tell me?" I was getting upset. "It's against the rules. He'll be punished by not receiving his angel. You must be pati
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"That's it, Ember. Just one more push!" The doctor called out to me. Dex held my right hand and my angel held my left. They both lifted me up more as I pushed with all the strength I had left in me. I heard cry as they suctioned the fluid free of her mouth. That sound is indescribable, tears welled in my eyes with the pure joy of having her here with us now. "You did great. Thank you for bringing our daughter into this world, sunshine." Dex whispered in my ear before kissing my sweaty forehead without a care. His eyes were pink and glistening with tears. I could see the love and pure admiration mirrored in them as he looked down at our sweet Nova, that was now placed in my arms. "She's beautiful, mi amor. You're amazing." Toni kissed the top of my head next. The three of us stared down at Nova's beautiful small features. She made the smallest little noises in complaint of being pushed out of me and into this cruel world. I'll make it safe for you Nova, I promise. She had the rounde
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Toni had me laying sweetly beneath him. His eyes held such a deep love for me. His gaze was undoing me long before his touches were. He kissed me tenderly, wrapping his fingers in my hair. His thumb caressed my jaw lightly, sending a warmth flowing through me."Toni." I whispered his name, a silent plea to feel him even closer. There's not enough time, not enough of him to make up for the last decade, but I am damn well going to try. I felt like this missing piece of me was finally put back in place by Toni. "Make me yours again." He kissed me with such intensity. He stole the breath from my lungs and the soul from my body. I was all his and I refuse to leave this bedroom until he's claimed me as his again. I pulled his shirt off, breaking our kiss for just a moment. His muscles were just as toned as they had been when we were younger. There was some of Sam in his body, so it wasn't exactly the same, and yet it was perfect all the same. "I love you, mi amor. I'll never leave you aga
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Ember's P.O.V."Why did you come, mi amor? You could have been hurt, or the baby could have." His voice was soft, but his tone was firm. My mind was still reeling with emotions. This is Toni. Suddenly everything about my feelings towards Sam just seemed to make sense and I wanted to slap myself for not noticing it sooner. How could I have not thought about it? "Ash had a vision and he told me you were in trouble. So we all came to help. Lucy cast a protection spell over Nova to keep her safe within me. She did consume some of my magic though, so I'll need to see the doctor. It wasn't enough to make me too weak though." I bit my lip, feeling guilty about putting her in danger. "Ash told me he saw Toni here too. He saw you and we rushed over. Why didn't you tell me?" I punched his arm, furious at how he made me think I had lost him again. "I couldn't." He lightly rubbed my cheeks with Sam's calloused hands. "I am sorry, mi amor. If I had told you they woul
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Sam's P.O.V.I followed Evelyn out past the barrier of the kingdom. My heart was beating a mile a minute and my hands were clammy beyond belief. In the next 30 minutes I'll be fighting for my life and getting the greatest gift I could have…my angel half. The wind was blowing harshly outside the barrier and the freezing temperature seeped deep into my bones. The wind stung my face and blew snow into my eyes, forcing me to look down in order to see. Evelyn led the way as if this freezing weather wasn't a factor in her mind at all. Nothing phases her, she could be on fire and she would still be walking like nothing is happening. When she's focused on keeping me safe she has nothing else on her mind. She's locked in. "We'll do this here. I'll start setting up the wards. You need to start engraving the ruins on your chest. Do you remember how?" She asked, handing me the flaming dagger. "Yeah, hard to forget." I took the dagger fr
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Yesterday came and went and today was Sam's birthday already. I still can't believe how young he is. I groaned at the sun's blinding rays as we all gathered outside in celebration. Ash was kind and with the help of Eric and Lucy, who stopped by today to visit, they set up a small party for Sam. It was just us, nothing big or involving all the citizens here. It was small and intimate and a way for Ash to thank Sam for all he's done. Without him and his sister my brother wouldn't be having this child with Layla right now. I owe them both a lot too and I'll be sure to find a way to repay them both in the future. "Happy birthday, Sam." I told him for about the third time now. It seemed to be the only thing I could say to him. I didn't want to say anything more. I didn't want to start flirting with him or getting to know him better. He'll be leaving tomorrow and I need to be ready to let him go. "Thanks, Ember." He gave me a sma
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Dex's words had rung through my head all day. How I may need Sam. How I shouldn't send him away. Is there really a bond? And if there really is, do I really want to open myself up to it? I also can't seem to get past this damn guilt eating away at me. I shouldn't be thinking of Sam. My heart should be fixed solely on Dex, and only him. Now that Toni has left me completely, there's this fissure in my heart wanting to be filled. Sam could fill it easily, but is that really the right choice? It may be easier to accept it, but I don't know that I want to. He's not Toni, no matter how much I wish him to be. The fact he has Toni's memories still bothers me deeply. Every now and again I'll get another glimpse of them through Sam and it kills me. He refuses to tell me why he has them. It's been making me trust him less the more he denies me the truth. I don't understand how he could have Toni's memories. "Where's your mind?" Ash's voice pulled me back from my thoughts. We had flown togeth
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The next few days seemed to fly by. Gabriel was back at school and Dex was at my side all day. At night I would have the same recurring nightmare of the day Ash killed Toni. Having lost him again seems to have resurfaced everything I thought I had healed from. Sam and Evelyn kept their distance for the most part, although it seemed like Sam really wanted to be at my side. I sort of missed him, which still doesn't make sense to me. I barely know the man. I attribute this feeling to the fact he looks so much like Toni. He's like this thorn sent by the universe to remind me of what I am missing. Fuck you universe. "You alright, sunshine?" Dex raised an eyebrow at me. "Yeah, just thinking." I chewed on my cheek refusing to tell Dex that I was missing another man. That's ridiculous. "Let me in, Ember. What's going on?" He stroked my cheek lightly with his knuckle. His touch sent those wonderful electric sparks flying through my skin. "I just miss Toni and Sam looking so much like him
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Gabriel and Dex and I spent the entire day in bed as promised. We watched movies, played games, and spoke about many things. Dex and I kept trying to get Gabriel to understand, but he refused. He kept telling us that we would see what he was talking about soon. This day was certainly something I needed. Dex always gives me just what I need even when I don't know what that is. Gabriel was taking his bath in our bathroom now, leaving Dex and I alone for the first time today. "I saw Sam was here with you last night." My heart stilled. Is he upset? Is he jealous? Is he worried? "Yeah, Ash had to-" I paused, realizing I never checked on him and Layla. Damn me and my selfish heart. "I need to call him!" I quickly reached for my phone. "What's wrong?" Dex furrowed his brows, sitting up with me. "I don't know. He left yesterday saying Layla needed him shortly after he got here." The phone rang as I spoke. "Hello?" Ash's voice came through. "Ash, oh my gosh, I am so sorry I didn't call
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Dex held me flush against his chest on the bed. He had me tucked under the sheets and was lightly rubbing my back. He was doing his best to comfort me. "Ember, I have to leave you so I can care for our son. I'll return with him soon. I'll tell Ash to come over." He told me. "I won't let you be alone right now." He pulled his phone out and called Ash. He told Ash everything. I could hear Ash say he was on his way. "I won't leave until he gets here." Dex tried to comfort me."It's getting late. You need to go to him before he falls asleep. Ash is coming. I will be okay until then." I tried convincing him. I could tell he wanted to argue though. "He needs to say goodbye. He needs the chance to say it. You need to go." He very reluctantly got off the bed. He gave me one last kiss before leaving. My heart was breaking all over again. The small glue that held it together was coming undone. I was loudly sobbing again. The door opened, letting small light flood the room. "Ash?" I cried o
