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
Ember's povI bit my lower lip and stepped back away from him, then altogether just sat down. It looked like our conversation was going to take a longer time after all,"Yes, he is trying to get me back," I said simply. I decided that the best way to go about this conversation was to simply come cle
I ran a finger down her cheek, feeling some sadness of my own. It didn't have to be this hard. But for her, it has always been hard. And I was the one who had always meant to defend and protect her. And I had failed, massively."I should have done it from the beginning." I said intently and made up
Paris's Pov"Paris?"I let go of my mother's hand when she said my name and watched as she turned to look at me in surprise, "what are you doing here?" she asked, and I could tell she was truly shocked to see me,"I could ask you the same thing, but I seem to have an inkling already.""you're here t
“They won’t.” I said, looking up at him softly, “I think you did a number on them.” I said and reached out to rub his hand, “I’ll be fine this time. Find out about Kate.”I said and with that, I turned away from him leaving where he stood.PARIS’s POVI watched her as she left and fought the ride to







