Ember's POV"I had a run-in with Kate. " I said to Jean when we finally met up as planned. He picked me up at work and took me to where we had dinner, and I felt protected and provided for just by being in his presence."Did you?" he asked, and leaned backward in his chair, to look at me, "what happ
I sighed and shook my head and then shrugged, "It's not that I'm choosing to be carefree about my safety, it is just that I choose not to lose my mind over who might be trying to hurt me. In any case, I already have an inkling. It's stupid old Kate with her stupid old jealousy and insecurity. I can
PARIS'S POVShe took visible steps away from me, and I scoffed at her attempts to get away from me,"I didn't ask him to do any of those things. I didn't even know it was my cousin who did that." she blurted and I nodded,"I see. But you were on a call with him, talking about how you weren't going t
KATE'S POV"Paris!" I called out, chasing after him, until he finally paused, "Please don't do this to me." I cried out, his back turned to me.He turned to me and he looked so angry, so cold and I wondered how I had managed to ruin everything. Muddle it up so bad that he couldn't even look at me wi
"It's true though." I said honestly, and sighed as the first tear fell down my lips, "It's true that everything I did, every single thing I've done since we met each other, I've done for you.""I didn't ask you to do any of those things. Those were choices you made thinking that one way or the other
PARIS'S POVI kept walking. Just kept walking, because if I were to turn around and have a conversation with Kate about anything else, I was bound to lose my mind.. Or perhaps do something outside of reason. And there were simply some things that the mate bond did not permit me to engage in.So I st
"Same as her," I said calmly,"and just what have you done to Kate to ensure she no longer gets to hurt Ember?""I have dealt with it, and I am still dealing with it. ""That's not enough. That answer isn't enough, damn it." Jean said, slapping his hand against the armrest of his chair, "I am sick a
KATE'S POVI took a deep breath and went to the bathroom to wash my face, so that I didn't look like all of the things that were wrong with me. After applying a bit of makeup to at least brighten up my face, I decided it was best to go see Luna Lara while I still had the courage.As I made my way to