Embers - Chapter 7
The next morning I awoke happier than normal, and if Rachel heard anything from the night before, she kept it to herself. We dragged out what little food we hadn't secured inside the cabin and made a farewell feast for breakfast. Everybody seemed in a...
Embers - Chapter 6
**Chapter VI** We must have passed the test with Rachel, because the next few days, although busy, were considerably more pleasant. We continued to eat our communal meals out of her stockpile of food, she now helped assist in the daily chores instead...
Embers - Chapter 5
**Chapter V** The next morning I awoke earlier than normal, at that time of day when the nocturnal creatures have gone to bed, but the birds haven't quite woken up. I quietly exited the tent and sat on a weathered tree stump that overlooked the...
Embers - Chapter 4
**Chapter IV** The next couple weeks went by in a haze of exhaustion and emotion. There was a constant tension between King, I and Rachel, which wasn't helped by the fact that she seemed to _always_ be watching us, or at least have seen what we were...
Embers - Chapter 2
**Chapter II** Slowly we walked back down the hillside as the burnt oranges and reds tinging the clouds slowly faded into darker blues and purples. Shadows crept further down the distant mountain sides, reclaiming them for the night. The softness...
Embers - Chapter 3
**Chapter III** Although he said he wasn't going to kill us, I still sat on edge, shaking from the adrenaline of the almost-execution that had just occurred. King sat next to me in some chairs up against the wall across from the stranger's bed, and I...
Ember - Chapter One
**Chapter I** Trudging through the hot pine forest was becoming tiresome after three days. Back in the last town I had frankly been too tired to argue with King about the "local" map he picked up from the piles of refuse outside the burned out gas...
Ember Chapter 5
It was likely ember would leave him and go back with her sister when they arrived. eventually he fell asleep in ember and pierce's hold. \*\*\* "mason! mason wake up!" shouted ember in a panic.
Ember Chapter 4
ember saved my life and suzie was... she died, and ember evolved." ember winced at mason's curtness. "oh." pierce said with sympathy; comprehension dawning on his face. he turned to ember. "i-i'm sorry."
Ember Chapter 3
ember ordered jokingly. "fine, fine.
Ember Chapter 2
ember, was it? that's what your... sister called you? i'm pierce, by the way." "...yeah. it's ember." "you and your sisters... have an interesting relationship?" asked pierce.
Ember Chapter 1
Before ember could protest, jenna and suzie ran off and began to follow the scent of the boy. ember was panic-stricken; the boy stood little chance of survival... unless...