EMBER's POV "Ember? Ember. Ember wake up. " I heard the voice from deep within me but found it hard to respond to it, even if I was struggling to. "Ember?" the voice called out again, and I forced myself to open my eyes. "there you are." the voice said and the owner's face came into view. "Willi
"Are you okay though?" he asked and I turned to him to find him watching me. "no." I said and rested my head on his shoulder again, "but I will be." William invited me to his house the next day, and I took the invite openly. I didn't really have many friends and was more than happy to connect with
Ember's Pov"So tell me, how did you two meet?" Lily asked when it was time for dessert,I looked at William and William looked at me and we both laughed,"what? What's so funny?""how we met. William really needed to use the toilet and-""Ember, please," William said, sounding mortified, and I laug
"I'm glad you think that, and I'll give it much thought from now on." now that she put it in my head, I thought."Good, so which means a dinner date is definitely in order. It'll be good for you, good for him too.""Okay, okay. Give me back my friend." William said from behind, and took my hand in h
Ember's Pov Ashley was asleep when I got back home, so I decided to wait till morning before I told her about William and the native, as well as the moonstone. However, when morning came, she was more interested in my late night with William, than she was with my cure. "I didn't know you and Will
"and now?" "not as much. But I long for the day all that sorrow is finally gone." ~~~~ Ashley had to go over to attend to business, and since it was the weekend, I was home alone, until William called me up and invited me out to enjoy the rest of the day with him and Lily, "might be the good end
EMBER's POV "to be honest, we can just stay here. We can just stay in our friendship and play it out. If we find something more along the way then we take it, and savor it." "and if we don't?" "then we don't." he said simply, reached out, and took my hand that rested on the table, "you just came
"I don't disagree," I said mildly, "so?" "so, what?" "so, if you don't think he might have feelings for you, do you at least have feelings for him?" Did I? I asked myself, and my mind wandered to the night before and how disappointed I had been that he didn't try to kiss me. "well-" I began and
EMBER'S POV"there you are," Axel announced when he found me still on my hair, contemplating my life,"You were looking for me?""yeah. I said I'd come to watch you guys train. I stepped outside, but found the training ground empty, and wondered where you all went.""Well, we were there." I told hi
"good. Now come at me again, and this time around, use the element of surprise. I suppose we can make this lesson four."By noon, my body was different kinds of sore, and achy, and this time around, when Jean stretched out his hand toward me to help me up, I refused to take it, lest he make us go an
EMBER'S POV"Well now," I said and struggled against his hold."you're going to have to do better than that if you want to be free of me, Baby girl.""No fair, you had not even announced the beginning of the lesson." I wailed,"The same way that bear isn't always going to announce its attack. I'm s
And then I remembered and I groaned,“I forgot.” I sighed and rubbed at my eyes, before trying to sit up, “You can tell him to wait for me, I should be down soon.”I said and caught him looking at me uncertainly and I laughed,“You don’t believe that I’m up for real?”“I don’t believe you won’t go r
EMBER’s POV“They want you to wrestle a bear?” Jean asked looking just as shocked as I had felt when I heard the news and I nodded soberly,“They say it’s the only way for me to prove myself as being strong and worthy,” I said and took my seat on Jean’s couch.I had come to tell him what had befalle
EMBER's POV"wrestle a bear?" I asked in utter confusion, as I looked from my father to my brother and back to my father again, hoping one of them would tell me that it was all a joke. But they stayed looking so sober that I knew that this wasn't a joke of any sort.But they stayed, looking sober, a
EMBER's POV"He has refused a countless number of times we've shoved it up his face. What makes you think this time will be any different?" William asked, looking at me like he didn't think I was sure I knew what I was talking about.But I was sure. I mean, I had heard him correctly. And even now, I
"maybe. How are you? Were you able to get some work done today? All of that?" I asked, and he tilted his head, smiling at me,"So you want company?" he asked, his French accent going sultry, and I suddenly felt very warm. This wasn't what I had been aiming for, but I liked it very much."That would
Ember's Pov There comes a time in everyone's life when they decide that they've had enough of all of the crises they've had to deal with in life. And after that, they simply need a break.I didn't know how to get my break, but Paris had offered me one. The words he said to me when he saved me had c