I sighed and slowly let myself go, and I knew I wasn't getting an answer, "I'm going to need you to trust me Ember."I do trust you. A whole lot more than what is considered normal, but I do. Do you trust me?""I do, Ember. But this isn't about if I trust you or not. But I need you to understand tha
KATE'S POV"I haven't the faintest idea where my brooch could be," I said and began to pace."Then why don't you go find out? And while you're at it, please check my jewelry box for mine. My brother will be back, and when he does come back, I want to shove it up his face for having the gall to come
I packed up all of my displaced jewelry and put them back in the box, before rising and making my way to Christina's room.It was surprisingly opened, making my life easier, and I headed straight for her jewelry box I found sitting cozily on her vanity table.For a woman who seemed to not care about
Kate's POVI was on my out of my room to have breakfast when an unknown number called me, and had me walking back into the room,"Hello? " I said uncertainly into the receiver, but rather than receive a response, the individual kept breathing into the phone. I frowned and was nearly about to end the
I was parked outside for a while and waited until I saw her coming out before I made any move. She carried her bags, so I could deduce it was the end of her workday, and when I saw her coming closer to my car, I got out and started to move toward her.I stopped when she stopped and began to look aro
PARIS'S POVKate looked at me as though my question had caught her off guard and I suppose it had. But as groggy and hurt as I felt, it was indeed a question that boggled my mind.My next of kin wasn't Kate, it was my beta Jackson. And I knew Jackson could not have called her and told her about the
"I don't know if to apologize or thank you since you actually saved my life. But it's my fault that you're in this position.""You can thank me, as I'm not particularly sorry for the role I played."She nodded slowly and kept her eyes on me, "thank you." she said and I shrugged,"I'd do it again," I
EMBER'S POV"Ember, you don't have to be upset," I said, trying my best to reason with her and she glared at me,"I don’t have to be upset? You don't get to tell me how to feel or how to react to the act that you were manipulating my emotions. How dare you, Paris? Who do you think you are?" she said
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