LOGINEMBER'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
This son of a gun was absolutely worthy. He deserved to pay for what he tried to do to Ember.For what I was sure that I would try to do again if he were to be given the chance.But I could not do it. I simply could not bring myself to strike him. The bloody call with Ember had left me feeling less
EMBER'S POV"My rise to power?" I asked, and now, it was my turn to sound a bit off."or perhaps that's not the right way to put it. I'm talking about when you become queen, Em. Or do you not think about it anymore?""No. Of course not. I carry that knowledge with me often. And for the past month, I
Sure, he said he was working, but I knew Jean well enough to know that all that paperwork on his table could never actually make him sound so strained. And what the hell had been that gurgling sound at the end?No, something wasn't right with Jean. And as his friend and mate…well, technically I had
EMBER'S POV"Jean?" I questioned, trying to understand why he decided to remain quiet. He had been off since the moment he picked up the call, and his behavior gave me reason for worry."uh, I'm not exactly busy. So you can tell me why you called, I'm all ears," he said, sounding somewhat strained a







