The more their banter went on, the more I felt my strength ebb away. I roe my hand to my eye level, and gasp escaped my lips when I saw my hand trembling,"my God. Jean?" I called, but he didn't hear me, however, Paris looked at me and I saw a flash of concern when he looked at me, so he paused in
JEAN's POVI carried Ember away from Paris, hoping to put as much distance between Ember and Paris. I was not kidding when I told him he had done enough. In truth, all he had ever caused Ember was unending pain. And now, she wouldn't wake up.I looked down at her sleeping form and felt a deep ache w
"I had the mind to take one of the men for questioning." the man thought of my words for a moment before nodding,"it would not be bad to have two people working on this simultaneously." he turned to see some men approaching, "Those are my men come to pick up these sons of b*tches, I'll make sure to
PARIS's POV"There was a time when you couldn't keep your hands off me. A time when you would call me with desperation when we were apart, and hold me when we were together, as though you were holding on for dear life. How can you tell me not to come to you expecting to find love? How can you actual
While I waited for the headache to subside, I found myself wondering about Ember.Was she okay? Did Jean get her home safely? All of these were questions I just did not have the answer to and it irked me to no endMy phone soon began to ring, and I considered just letting it go to voicemail, however
Jean's POV"Tried to" is the most appropriate term, because according to her, they didn’t touch her. She was handling it just fine when I got there.""Then what happened? Why has she passed out? Jean, she looks pale as death.""I know. I know." I said in frustration and ran my hand through my hair.
Sleep took me minutes, regardless of my worry, and somewhere between being awake and falling into sleep, I thought I felt her hand wrapping around me.EMBER's POVI wasn't dead. I know I wasn't dead. It was more like I was trapped.Trapped in my own body? Trapped in my mind? Honestly, I didn’t know
Paris's POV"Jackson, where on earth are you?" I barked into my phone as I waited for him on the porch, he and I were supposed to visit the prisoner's grounds to find out what on earth had happened to the man we had captured. There had been guards, the man had been in a compromised state. How the he
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