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
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
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 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
EMBER's POV"I have no idea why they are out here right now." Paris rushed on to say, and I turned to look at him,"It's okay. I don't think you invited them. In any case, the whole ruckus with the horses must have gotten their attention. Plus, this is their home, after all." I said and sighed. And







