FFB chapter 5 *Ember* After Blaze was done talking, after everything he had just said, I couldn't speak. Words could not express the amount of love and admiration I felt for him right now. I let it all pour into the kiss. It meant the world to me. I never did ask him what he thought I left that day, if I was a silly girl or if you ever wondered why I ran away. I now know. I also know now that love does not come with cuts and bruises, the words that degrade and rip into your skin. No, love comes with compassion and understanding. Yes, it has it's ups and downs but it's fighting together that makes it grow. Blaze has taught me all of that and so much more. He taught me how to love, how to be loved and is slowly teaching me how to love myself and let go of the puppet strings that once held