title: Embracing Ember
author: Cielo, Astrid
description: Salin is facing a crisis. Their female population is all but eradicated by a bio weapon -- a virus known as the Blue Death. With no females to continue their people, they are facing extinction. Earth is their last hope.
  Ember married Landon, mistakenly thinking he was the answer to her lonely existence. She thought that she loved him. When he becomes abusive, Ember attempts to leave, but he isn't ready to let her go. Five years later she finally sees her chance, only to be beaten to the brink of death...
  Ceylon came to Earth at the request of the Council. Since he lost his mate to the Blue Death, he has been barely surviving. When he sees Ember for the first time she is dying, he risks Salin's plan for salvation to save her, not understanding this inexplicable need for her to live...
  She is broken, fearful and unable to trust.
  He is suffering, his heart broken, unable to love.
  Will she learn to trust? Will he learn to love? Or will they allow this chance at happiness to slip through their fingers?
  When Ember is taken from Ceylon by Landon, he must face his guilt at losing his mate and save her, or live the rest of his life without the person who could be his salvation.
  Warning: Adult content for ages 18 +.
  Approx. 47, 300 words.