EMBER'S POVI stayed with my grandfather until he felt a bit sleepy, and was thankful when I got out of the house without having to deal with Luna Lara or her precious and beloved daughter-in-law. I honestly did not think any encounter with them would end well, to be honest.I didn't see Paris eithe
I hesitated, "what exactly are we looking for?""clues." he said and shrugged, "anything that points to the culprits… or culprits as the case may be. Anything odd. Not right.""That's a lot of things," I said, and he shrugged,"as long as we find what we're looking for," he said and stretched out
EMBER'S POVHe put a paper bag over my head, and the more I struggled against him, the more it felt as though my air was being cut off. So I had to stop struggling,"you and me? We're going to have a whole lot of fun together, baby." the man said to me, and his voice gave me a chill. I mean, I knew
PARIS'S POVI knew I should not have lost my temper like that. Jean was my partner, but I was getting tired of everyone telling me that I was allowing my bond with Kate to influence my decisions. I mean, how many times had I tried to break the bloody bond by rejecting Kate?But she simply wasn't ha
PARIS'S POV"Ember? Em!" I shouted, but she was unconscious now. The wolfsbane had been too much for her to handle. I wanted so badly to head back and deal with the man who had caused all of this, but Ember had asked me to let it be. If I didn't listen to Ember, that man was going to die in my hands
But a couple of months went by, and Kate had been endlessly persuasive so that even though I had made up my mind at the very beginning, I found myself giving in to her. Her scent, her laugh, her voice. The very look of her. And on the first anniversary of my marriage to Ember, I brought Kate into ou
EMBER'S POVI woke up once again, in a dimly lit room, and it felt like Deja vu for so many obvious reasons. Except, this time around, I didn't wake up feeling nauseous and weak. Instead, I felt quite rested and energized. But it took several moments before I finally registered where I was. The spa
PARIS'S POVIt was both the most selfless, and kindest thing I had ever done. Letting Ember go.I was both liberated and heartbroken. And I wondered how a person could feel so much in such equal and destructive amounts. I wanted alcohol, wanted to lose myself in the bottle, but Jackson caught me whi
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