Vance... Ember Bennett was my beginning...but she was also the end. She was my downfall. And I never even saw her coming. She didn't burst into my life demanding to be noticed. Instead, she slipped in under my radar when I wasn't looking. Caught me off guard. I should have been paying better attention. Because I found myself drawn to her. Her quirkiness, her laughter, her brutal honesty. I didn't ask for her. Still I found myself wanting her. Needing her. Craving her. I just couldn't have her. __________________________ Ember... I was minding my own business when Vance Davenport showed up. He wasn't talking, yet somehow I heard him. I wasn't looking, but my eyes sought him out. He became something I never expected. Until it all changed. Then he became someone I wanted to forget.