Sam's P.O.V.She's so beautiful, even draped in another man's arms. All I see is her pure heart and abundance of love. She makes me want to love just as deeply. I've never met someone like her before. Someone that has been through a lot of darkness, but stayed pure. I know Lucy is going to scold me when she gets the chance. I didn't tell her Ember was married or pregnant. I just told her about Ember. I didn't mean to honestly, but I couldn't seem to stop talking about her once I started. "You really like this girl, don't you?" She had asked me on the phone when I had called her yesterday. "It's that obvious, isn't it?" I sighed. "Extremely. I haven't heard you talk this way about a girl since Jenna." She teased me. Jenna was an ex-girlfriend now. I thought I would marry her one day, but she freaked when she found out I wasn't human."She's just so amazing, Lucy. She's so caring and sweet. She's b

"Ember?" I felt a light tap on my cheeks. "Open your eyes, my love." Dex's voice was pulling me back from the darkness. I felt my eyes fluttering open, slowly. The light was bright and my head was hurting. "Oh thank God." Dex let out a breath. "I am so sorry." He tucked his head into the crook of my neck. He was shaking his head, fighting his guilt. He didn't have anything to feel guilty about. "Don't be sorry. That was amazing." I rubbed my fingers through his hair. "Ember you were out for almost 5 minutes. I tried healing you, but Nova just ate up my magic instead. She's a greedy girl." He placed his hand over my bump that seemed to have grown twice its size now. "She ate your magic too. We need to go to the doctor." "Is she okay?" My voice cracked. "I'm sure she's fine. It's you I'm worried about." He sighed. He got off the bed quickly pulling his pants on. He p

After a few minutes of awkward silence, I finally spoke. "Are guardians and their charges always so close?" I asked, not looking at them. "Yes. We're in charge of keeping them safe from the moment they turn 1. We stay close to them. Being physically away from them is painful for us." Evelyn explained. Well damn. Knowing she feels the need to touch him made my jealousy worse. He's not Toni. He's not Toni. I kept repeating that mantra to myself the entire time he sat beside me. He shifted on the couch stretching his arms out over the back of the couch. His fingertips were so close to my left shoulder now. If he stretched his fingers out they would graze my skin. My heart sped in my chest. The hairs on my shoulder were standing on end, almost calling for his fingers to touch them. My sweet Dex is in the kitchen making me food and I'm sitting here hoping Sam's fingers just lightly graze my shoulder. I need to move. I need to get away. I won't do this to him. I leaned to my right a l

Dex held me flush against his chest on the bed. He had me tucked under the sheets and was lightly rubbing my back. He was doing his best to comfort me. "Ember, I have to leave you so I can care for our son. I'll return with him soon. I'll tell Ash to come over." He told me. "I won't let you be alone right now." He pulled his phone out and called Ash. He told Ash everything. I could hear Ash say he was on his way. "I won't leave until he gets here." Dex tried to comfort me."It's getting late. You need to go to him before he falls asleep. Ash is coming. I will be okay until then." I tried convincing him. I could tell he wanted to argue though. "He needs to say goodbye. He needs the chance to say it. You need to go." He very reluctantly got off the bed. He gave me one last kiss before leaving. My heart was breaking all over again. The small glue that held it together was coming undone. I was loudly sobbing again. The door opened, letting small light flood the room. "Ash?" I cried o

The next few days seemed to fly by. Gabriel was back at school and Dex was at my side all day. At night I would have the same recurring nightmare of the day Ash killed Toni. Having lost him again seems to have resurfaced everything I thought I had healed from. Sam and Evelyn kept their distance for the most part, although it seemed like Sam really wanted to be at my side. I sort of missed him, which still doesn't make sense to me. I barely know the man. I attribute this feeling to the fact he looks so much like Toni. He's like this thorn sent by the universe to remind me of what I am missing. Fuck you universe. "You alright, sunshine?" Dex raised an eyebrow at me. "Yeah, just thinking." I chewed on my cheek refusing to tell Dex that I was missing another man. That's ridiculous. "Let me in, Ember. What's going on?" He stroked my cheek lightly with his knuckle. His touch sent those wonderful electric sparks flying through my skin. "I just miss Toni and Sam looking so much like him