Excerpt My breath hitched in my throat as he held me closer. His mouth dangerously close to my ear, his hot breath fanning against my skin, as he started to whisper. “You're a siren, Ember. Luring me into the flames. And it just so happens that I'm ready to get consumed.” ____ Ember Flynn thought she'd left her past behind, after her world was shattered with betrayal and tragedy, she rebuilt her life in Florida with her young son. But when she runs into Maverick Nightshade, the enigmatic stranger from her darkest night - Ember's carefully constructed walls start to crumble. As their passion reignites, she's forced to confront the lies and secrets that have haunted her for so long. Can she trust Maverick, or will their love be destroyed by the very secrets that bind them? And when the full moon rises again, will her destiny be sealed or will love set her free?
View MoreEmber “I don't use the kitchen.” He leisurely answered my unasked question, leaning against the door. It was pretty obvious now that he didn't use the kitchen, but how long has he been living here despite having all these kitchen appliances and utensils, to never use them. And does he really live on those canned foods? How could… I dusted my hands and pointed to the freezer, “You only eat those?” “Yeah.” He simply replied, and from his curt tone, I understood he didn't want to talk about it, and I'm going to respect that. He walked away afterwards leaving me standing inside the kitchen, there was nothing like biscuits or anything Kai could eat tonight. I was yet to come up with what I'm going to make for him when I heard his footsteps coming towards the kitchen again. He was wearing black sweatshirt right now and a pair of gray male jo
Ember“I thought you went home already, I didn't expect to see you here.” he said walking closer. I also didn't have the thought that I will be ending up here again, at least not tonight, I had hoped Kai and I will have some mother and son time tonight, having him eating what he would like to eat together, and playing before going to sleep, that was all I planned for that night, but now it was simply impossible.“Yes… the hotel were giving me a little problem, so I don't feel quite comfortable spending the night there, I'm really grateful for allowing me to spend the night here yesterday, but I'm afraid I have to request the same favor from you right now… please, can I stay here for a while?” I managed to get the words out, silently hoping he would not throw me off his house at this instance.I can't even bring myself to imagine that, because kai's temperature had drastically dropped, leaving me wondering, how long would this persist? Furthermore
Ember I stiffened as I felt the man come closer, even though every bones in my body was tensed up, on an alert to run anytime, to escape from the man coming closer, but I decided not to run. “I won't hurt you. Don't be afraid of me bunny.” he said coming to my side and brushing my hair from my face. Some of the people from the research institute were crawling away while most got into the vans driving away from the estate. "Thank you." I said to him. He nods, turning back to go inside the estate. I walked in after him and sat down on the red sofa, feeling my nerves calming down. My mind was preoccupied, the worries settled in, I exhaled thinking I should go back to the hotel, so I stood up with Kai and grabbed my bag. “Good bye guys, see you all tomorrow.” I greeted the workers, actually I wasn't very sure about seeing them tomorrow. “Good day.” They replied, while some nodded their heads. “Let's get back to the hotel baby.” I said in Kai's ear, smoothing out his shirt and ta
Flashback Ember Derek plopped on the chair sighing heavily, I put my textbook on the table then walked to the kitchen only to come out some moments later with a glass of water. “Considerate huh?” he glanced at my face with a playful smile, “Thank you.” He said taking the water and drinking everything at once. “Stressful day?” I asked, staring at him as I picked up the textbook again. Now opening to the page I was reading earlier. “Yeah… just this friend at work,” My hands pause on one of the pages, “Was he fired?” I asked curiously. “No… he's the easy going kind of person, kind, gentle, diligent, punctual, until these days, he doesn't come to work, we called but it was always answered by his wife who sings the same thing that her husband is sick..” “Sorry about that.” “Yeah.. so today, we just took his address from his job profile and went to his home, you won't believe it, we were made known that he died.” Derek facepalmed himself, lowering it just below his face and star
MaverickI left the office later in the afternoon, I knew Ember must already be at the estate, so I drove there directly. I had Alex stay at the company to look after some minor deals.As I arrived, I parked my car and stepped out, before heading towards the estate.“Good afternoon, Mr Nightshade” the workers greeted.I hummed, not interested in replying to them, but It was then that I heard a tiny voice exclaim from the other side of the room. “I know you.”My eyes turned in his direction. He was wearing a black trousers and a blue Mickey mouse shirt. He sat comfortably on the red sofa with his legs crossed together, I couldn't help but notice his amber eyes were much deeper now.I found myself going to his side, “Why are you sitting here alone and where is your mommy?” I asked him first, looking around.“Mommy asked me to wait here for her, she said she's not going to take a lot of time.” he said, fiddling with his shirt.I nodded at his response, looking at his occasionally poutin
I ran myself a cold shower, deliberately staying under the shower for quite some time, not to catch a cold– but to cool my growing hot head down and calm my nerves that were rising with each passing second. I signed, replaying Hudson's words in my head as I stepped out of the bathroom with a white towel wrapped around my body. Flash back“It's okay— and one more thing, I learned from Rowan Gray that another man was involved aside from him.” “What's about him Mr Hudson?” “Well according to what Alpha Rowan Gray had told me, we have to make sure he's not a potential threat,”Does this man also know something about him? But if anything I will not give him out so I asked with a smile, “What are you implying Mr Hudson?”“What I'm trying to say is that, I want to know your relationship with him, although he didn't reveal much—but I know he wanted me to hand the matter over to the association, which might require your appearance later,”I knew this game, he was trying to push the words i
Maverick.I stepped out of the car and walked to the entrance of the company before me. Alex followed closely behind me with some documents he brought with him.“She slept in your home” I heard his voice behind me, as he walked faster, trying to catch my pace.“Yes, you got anything with that?”“No… it's just that, even though you were all over her, I just think it'll go away in a fickle time as always, but I've never seen you bring a woman to your home, well except Alexan…”I halted, my mind slamming on the brakes. turning to look at him. Realization dawning on him, the words died on his lips, and I knew he regretted bringing that up, he knew well not to mention her, although he almost did, but yet…“ Know the choices of your words,” I bellowed angrily.“Alright, Mr Nightshade.” he nodded hastily, as I turned and started walking away.The moment I stepped into the office, the room fell silent, and the receptionist's gaze snapped up from her computer screen.“Boss–” she called with he
EmberMy heart thumped at her words, didn't he say this woman was his gardener, but why do I feel like she knew things, things I could never have imagined as she had stated. A shiver ran down my spine at her words, and this time I couldn't muster a smile knowing well that I couldn't deny catching the dangerous signs over time, but the impression that he was a kind person had erased that thought. However, now that it was being uprooted by Mariam who had nonchalantly resumed plucking the leaves,I couldn't help touching her arm, her gaze thereby turned to me frowning, “Tell me, what do you mean by he's dangerous… please tell me something, do not keep me in the dark.” “Who am I? I'm just his gardener not his human diary, even though I've been working for him more than twenty years I had forgotten a lot of things, which is normal for people my age… but if anything, young wolf, he's like a flame, and you're like a moth, I believe I don't have to tell you about moth to flame.” My heart
EmberWhat is this man talking about, does he seriously think Rowan was the father of Kai? I should be relieved that he hadn't found out the boy was his, however, I still felt a pang in my chest, at the very least shouldn't he have thought of the possibility that Kai might be his?What am I thinking about? Why do I want him to care anyway? When I'm definitely nothing in his eyes other than that one night stand, and I'd like it to remain like that, less I risk my son being taken away from me. I turned to look at him, “You're talking about that man right? If yes? He isn't the father of my child, can I go now?”I'm certain that he's talking about Rowan, so I cut to the chase immediately. It would've been easier to declare Rowan as Kai's father, but I'm never doing that.“Not yet, would you at least say where he is? I mean how irresponsible of him, his son was out sick in the hospital and he didn't even show his face!” “He wasn't here because he enlisted in Alpha training.” I answered a
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