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Ch. 139
It 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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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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