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
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 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
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
Without saying anything else, I dug into my pocket and showed her the brooch."What am I looking at?" she asked, raising a brow and I frowned,"What do you mean by what am I looking at? This is a heirloom possessed by every female in families that have a standing in society. Especially ours. You mor







