friends and, after several minutes of tense silence, she seemed
to deflate as if all the air had been let out of her. “They aren’t
my secrets to tell, Jen.”
“Maybe not, but it was your lie. You could
have just told us instead of lying to us about it all together.”
Jen’s voice was full of hurt. Her shoulders slumped forward as she
shook her head. “I know you think he’s perfect, but he’s not good
for you, Red. Why can’t you see that?”
“How can you possibly know what’s good for
me when you won’t even take the time to get to know him?”
“Excuse me?” Sally jumped in. “We tried, but
if you can recall, your precious Lucas was a complete and total ass
to us the couple of times that we were with you guys. And you just
made excuses for him. He’d had a bad day, or he just doesn’t share
well, or blah, blah, blah. Don’t you dare lay that on us.”
“ You know what?” Jen asked
as she met the past Jacque’s hard gaze. “I’m done. If you can’t see
the truth when it’s slapping you in your stupid face, then I’m not
going to waste my oxygen on you. When you realize that Lucas Steele
is not who he seems to be and come running back to us, you had
better hope I’m in one of my forgiving moods.”
Both Jacque’s snorted, though the girls only
heard one of them. The past Jacque added, “You don’t have forgiving
moods.”
Jen turned for the door with Sally on her
heels. “Then I guess your screwed, Red. Have a nice life.”
The bedroom door closed behind them and it
was as if a prison door had been slammed shut and Jacque was on the
wrong side of it. She watched her past self slide to the floor as
the realization of what had just happened fell heavily on her
shoulders. Her body shook as she tried to hold in the tears.
“ I’m an idiot,” Jacque
whispered to the Great Luna as her own heart broke right along with
her former self.
“ You were blinded by a
charming, handsome man who caught you at a vulnerable time after
Trent broke up with you. The most difficult thing in this whole
situation is that though Lucas’ good intentions will only have ill
effects, he genuinely cares for you.”
“ Can we go?” Jacque asked
her as she watched the past her fall apart. She didn’t want to hear
about how a wolf that wasn’t her mate cared for her, especially
when that relationship was tearing her friendships
apart.
The Great Luna looked over at her and
nodded. “Perhaps, now is a good time to show you how your true mate
fares without you by his side.”
Jacque’s stomach dropped. She truly hoped
she wasn’t about to have to watch Fane with another girl the way
she’d just watched herself with Lucas.
“ What if I tell you that
I’ve seen the error of my ways? Can we just go back to our
time?”
The Great Luna smiled as she took Jacque’s
hand. “I want to believe you, but it is my experience that humans
never learn that quickly, and you, my child, are half human.”
Jacque attempted to steel herself against
what she might see. She didn’t know if she could watch Fane have a
life without her. In fact, she was pretty sure that if she watched
Fane smile at another female the way she’d just watched herself
smile at Lucas she might attempt to claw the chick’s eyes out.
Wouldn’t that be dignifying?
Chapter 7
F ane and Decebel ran through the forest, and though they
weren’t in their wolf forms, they still moved inhumanly fast. Fane
had caught Jacque’s scent the minute he’d gotten out of the SUV,
which had been about the same time Decebel finally decided to tell
him that his mate and Jen were being chased by wild boar. He kept
trying to reach out to her, but she had their mental bond closed up
tight. All he could picture was his pregnant mate running through a
dark forest with pigs attempting to trample her. She wasn’t
helpless, by any means, but she was his and she was once again in
harms’ way.
“How far did Jen say they were?” Fane
to deflate as if all the air had been let out of her. “They aren’t
my secrets to tell, Jen.”
“Maybe not, but it was your lie. You could
have just told us instead of lying to us about it all together.”
Jen’s voice was full of hurt. Her shoulders slumped forward as she
shook her head. “I know you think he’s perfect, but he’s not good
for you, Red. Why can’t you see that?”
“How can you possibly know what’s good for
me when you won’t even take the time to get to know him?”
“Excuse me?” Sally jumped in. “We tried, but
if you can recall, your precious Lucas was a complete and total ass
to us the couple of times that we were with you guys. And you just
made excuses for him. He’d had a bad day, or he just doesn’t share
well, or blah, blah, blah. Don’t you dare lay that on us.”
“ You know what?” Jen asked
as she met the past Jacque’s hard gaze. “I’m done. If you can’t see
the truth when it’s slapping you in your stupid face, then I’m not
going to waste my oxygen on you. When you realize that Lucas Steele
is not who he seems to be and come running back to us, you had
better hope I’m in one of my forgiving moods.”
Both Jacque’s snorted, though the girls only
heard one of them. The past Jacque added, “You don’t have forgiving
moods.”
Jen turned for the door with Sally on her
heels. “Then I guess your screwed, Red. Have a nice life.”
The bedroom door closed behind them and it
was as if a prison door had been slammed shut and Jacque was on the
wrong side of it. She watched her past self slide to the floor as
the realization of what had just happened fell heavily on her
shoulders. Her body shook as she tried to hold in the tears.
“ I’m an idiot,” Jacque
whispered to the Great Luna as her own heart broke right along with
her former self.
“ You were blinded by a
charming, handsome man who caught you at a vulnerable time after
Trent broke up with you. The most difficult thing in this whole
situation is that though Lucas’ good intentions will only have ill
effects, he genuinely cares for you.”
“ Can we go?” Jacque asked
her as she watched the past her fall apart. She didn’t want to hear
about how a wolf that wasn’t her mate cared for her, especially
when that relationship was tearing her friendships
apart.
The Great Luna looked over at her and
nodded. “Perhaps, now is a good time to show you how your true mate
fares without you by his side.”
Jacque’s stomach dropped. She truly hoped
she wasn’t about to have to watch Fane with another girl the way
she’d just watched herself with Lucas.
“ What if I tell you that
I’ve seen the error of my ways? Can we just go back to our
time?”
The Great Luna smiled as she took Jacque’s
hand. “I want to believe you, but it is my experience that humans
never learn that quickly, and you, my child, are half human.”
Jacque attempted to steel herself against
what she might see. She didn’t know if she could watch Fane have a
life without her. In fact, she was pretty sure that if she watched
Fane smile at another female the way she’d just watched herself
smile at Lucas she might attempt to claw the chick’s eyes out.
Wouldn’t that be dignifying?
Chapter 7
F ane and Decebel ran through the forest, and though they
weren’t in their wolf forms, they still moved inhumanly fast. Fane
had caught Jacque’s scent the minute he’d gotten out of the SUV,
which had been about the same time Decebel finally decided to tell
him that his mate and Jen were being chased by wild boar. He kept
trying to reach out to her, but she had their mental bond closed up
tight. All he could picture was his pregnant mate running through a
dark forest with pigs attempting to trample her. She wasn’t
helpless, by any means, but she was his and she was once again in
harms’ way.
“How far did Jen say they were?” Fane
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