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 Pov He slowly brought his lips to mine, and it was the most tender kiss. There was nothing rushed or consuming about it. Instead, it was warm and gentle, full of endless promises that made me giddy and sparked a bit of light and hope within me. And in the deepest parts of my soul, I felt
"Jean had said you rejected him because of me, but I simply chose to live in denial. It was easier to believe that Jean was angry and needed to vent and I was open to that. But to hear you say it…" I said nothing but waited for him to complete his thoughts. He had his emotions in his eyes, and I re
Ember's Pov The call to Paris went through quickly, and I heard his voice before I could actually reconsider my choices, "Ember? Ember, oh thank God. I've been trying to reach you for ages." I sighed and closed my eyes before saying anything, and I suppose I had taken too long to respond because h
Axel nodded slowly, "I overheard him saying Paris was looking for you."I frowned, "ever heard about minding your own business?"One side of his lips lifted, "it drifted, and if I had not been tending to my business, I would not be asking for the rest of the discussion."I heaved out a sigh and shoo







