I chuckled, “I’m not defending him. I’m just telling you what is and isn't.”“Whatever. The fact is , he hurt you and he is going to have to pay for his wrongdoings. So tell me when you want me to gather the right amount ofMen to do the deed.”I smiled and shook my head, "I'm afraid I'm going to ha
EMBER's POV I know I should have pushed him away. But I couldn't seem to. My needs and my desire for him were way more powerful. So I kissed him back as relentlessly as he kissed me, giving in to the very whim and demands of my wolf. "Oh, ma'am, I was-" Paris and I jumped away from each other at
"What are you smiling about?" I looked away from the window in my office, to find Kate staring at me with a strange expression, and my brows drew together, "I didn't know smiling was now a crime in this household," I said and leaned against my chair as she sat across from me. Now when I thought o
Ember's Pov I met Axel on the porch once again and felt a bit of déjà vu at the sight of him there. We hadn't spoken since our last encounter two days ago. It wasn't that we saw each other and chose to ignore each other. It was more like we just never crossed paths. I left too early for work and c
And he howled in laughter. The amusement park really was amusing. I was in awe of the amount of rides that were available for us to embark on. Given the fact, that it had been ages since I visited a park, you can trust that the little girl in me wasted no time in rearing her pretty head. I loved i
Ember's Pov "Ember? Are you alright?" I knew William was talking. I heard him talk, but I couldn't bring myself to pay attention to what he was saying, or even respond, "I" I drew my brows and turned to the man that every part of me reacted to, and trembled when I found him looking at me with the
~~~~ "Ember? What took you so long? Did something happen?" William exclaimed as he got up from the chair when I finally appeared, "I'm fine. Really, I am." I said, and chuckled, when he kept feeling for my temperature, "I simply got caught in a conversation, forgive them for that one. I know you w
Axel's pov "Do you mind being a little more elaborate on this one? How do you plan on using the mate bond? And whose mate bond? Paris?" "Of course, it's Paris's. his bond with Kate should work pretty fine." "Okay. Explain." "Well, here it is. One of the reasons Paris and Ember had a fallout was
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