Chapter Six

Alive

"Thank God...You're alive," Kay sighed.

"Kay?" Ember choked out, coughing. "Kay, how long was I out?"

"A day," he replied casually.

"Oh."

"You want anything?"

"No." She looked around. They were in Kay's bedroom. She was laying in the bed while Kay sat next to her.

"I thought you'd be hungry."

"No, I feel sick to my stomach. And my head hurts."

"Hmmm. Just rest for a while."

They lay there in the dark, Ember half asleep. It seemed that she would seek out Kay at night so that she could hold him. She was doing exactly that now, and the agent didn't care. He would hold her right back.

It was a while later when Ember was gripped by a vision. She let out one scream. Her body shuddered as she gripped the closest thing next to her, which happened to be Kay's arm.

She saw Jawson in a dark room, throwing knives at a crudely drawn picture of men in suits. Then, she saw four men in trench coats walking down the sidewalk. After that, Ember watched Zed talking to Agent J.

"You think she's dead, Zed?" Jay asked.

"No. Wasn't that clear of a shot. I'm just worried about Kay. He hasn't returned to work yet. It's not like him," Zed replied.

"I can go check on him."

"Alright, but remember that our first priority is to find the Key."

"Yeah, okay, Zed."

"And we got something on the-"

Before Ember could hear the end of the sentence, Kay had stirred her from her vision. He had put a hand on her soft, golden brown hair, and looked confused and worried as he stared at her blue and brown eyes.

"Kay? What are you doing?" Ember asked.

"Nevermind." Agent K removed his hand and looked away. He whispered something that she couldn't hear.

"What did you say?"

"I said that I'm afraid."

"Afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid of losing you. When you were shot, and you fell asleep, I thought you were dead. I didn't pay attention to the fact that you were breathing until I was done pleading with you to wake up. Hell, Slick, I told you a secret I'd never tell you if you'd been awake. I care about you, Ember."

"I care about you too, Kay. But...what was the secret?" she whispered.

"Ember, I..." He embraced her. "I love you."

Kay held the back of her head as he kissed her gently. Ember kissed back. When they pulled apart, the seer put her forehead against his.

"I love you, too."

For the first time in a long time, Ember felt like nothing in the world could hurt her.