MasukEMBER'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
"you manage a lot of things, Paris. I've never seen you so worked up over them. Not even when there's a level of truancy among the workers. You deal with it with your strength and authority and move the hell on. I don’t see you trying to deal with Ember with either strength or authority. I don't see
EMBER's POVI stared at my phone as it rang for the umpteenth time. I didn't need to check the caller ID to know who it was. It was the same person it had been, the past couple of days, and my feelings remained unchanged. I did not want to speak to Paris.I didn't want to listen to the lies, nor did
"Who indeed?""So yeah. That's why I'm still asleep. I came back extremely tired. In addition to how tired I've been feeling lately."She made a face and wrapped an arm around me, "I'm so sorry. I should have come sooner.""It's okay." I said, patting her arm, "You have a life, and you shouldn't alw
Ember's POVTogether William and I walked toward Jean and his pack where they laughed and shared beer bottles. I tugged at Jean's sleeve and he turned to look at me,"ready to leave?" he asked and I nodded,"but William has something to talk to you about.""I see." Jean said, looking from me to Will







