The Seduction of Jac Frost (by Tatienne Richard) novel Chapter 80

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Jacqueline held Jack’s hand as he teleported them back to his room at the lodge. He was beaming a huge smile as he stood there. Moments before they’d left the palace, it had clicked in his brain what Jacqueline had said, and he’d realized his wife was pregnant with their first child and that their child would

be blessed by the Queen Mother.

He’d suddenly spun his wife around as he shouted with joy and cried real tears. Jacqueline’s heart was full from watching their happiness. Now he couldn’t stop smiling and

she couldn’t stop looking at him to watch the excitement exuding from his every pore.

“Are you ready for this?” Jack asked her as he stood in front of his door ready to pull it open.

“Yes. I’m ready.”

“And how is your heart and it’s walls now?” he teased her. She’d revealed to him that she’d finally understood in order to love she needed to want to love and be loved and he was smug it was him who inspired her revelation.

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“What walls?” she quipped.

He took her by the hand, and they left his room and began walking the corridor towards the stairs. At the top of the stairs though, Jacqueline stood staring at the sight below her.

“What the actual fuck?”

Jack followed the direction of her stare and whispered, “what

are they doing?”

Below them in the lobby by the fireplace where she’d left the twins and his parents, the same group were there but joined by others. River and Wraith were on a chair which had been pulled close. Jack and Winika were seated contentedly on a little bench. Fawn and Hugh were cuddled in the same place where they’d been when she left.

However it was the sight of Wilder and Rafferty sitting on the sofa and where she’d been sitting between them, now sat Jacinta. Their arms were along the back of the sofa, and they were cozy in a way Jacqueline did not appreciate.

“There has to be an explanation.” Jack spoke in her ear as he too seemed confused by what he was seeing.

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“I’ve been gone for six days, Jack. Six. They betray me like this in six days?”

“No. Jacqueline. You are their mate.”

“They do not feel the bond.”

“Let’s go down and ask what is happening.”

The sound of happy laughter trickled towards them and

Jacqueline felt rage simmering in her veins. She held her

hands up and Jack’s eyes widened at how blue they’d become. The way Wilder’s hand rested on Jacinta’s shoulder

made her want to rip it off his forearm and shove it up his

backside.

She stomped down the stairs and marched towards the

group. River saw her first and clearly was not expecting her. Her eyes widened as she took sight of the anger on Jacqueline’s face and she was struggling to get off Wraith’s lap as if ready to intervene. Jacqueline threw her hand towards River and affixed her to the man stopping her from moving. At River’s stunned surprise at being forced by Jacqueline to remain where she was and unable to speak,

Jacqueline smirk at her before moving to stand next to the

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All eyes suddenly flicked to her.

“Six days. Five nights. Did you move her into my bed in your room too or just my spot on the couch?”

“Jacqueline, you’re back.” Wilder gasped when he saw her but as he tried to get up she used the same power she’d put River on her ass with. She glued his hand to Jacinta’s shoulder. “How are you doing this?”

“Answer the question Wilder. She’s in my spot between my

mates. Did she take all my spots or only this one.”

“Jacqueline,” her father spoke softly, “you’re

misunderstanding. We were simply reminiscing about old times and having some laughs.”

“Yeah? To what end?” She shot Rafferty a glare as he too

tried to remove his arm from behind the back of the sofa and

away from Jacinta’s shoulder.

“Oh Jacqueline, don’t be jealous. Its unbecoming.” Jacinta

spoke.

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Jacqueline looked at her, straight into her eyes and allowed her power to flare, knowing the woman in between her mates would be able to sense immediately who she was.

“Do you remember Jacinta? Do you remember what you saw, who I am and what I can do?” Jacqueline took pleasure in the way Jacinta’s eyes widened. “Do you remember how when I was a teeny, tiny baby still covered in vernix from her mother’s womb, you touched me and saw the premonition of what might come to be? Do you remember how you panicked because you saw how it affected you? You were stupid Jacinta because the sight you saw was the outcome of following through with your plan to dump me. All of that will come true because you set it in motion with the betrayal of your own family.”

“No.”

“Yes. You know who I am.”

“Jacqueline,” her father started again.

“Daddy Jack, you should take a breath before you speak because I am about to unload a shit ton of truths. Now I could simply dig into everyone’s mind and feel your feelings and your thoughts, but I told myself I would respect your privacy.” 5/12

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“Baby you don’t understand.”

“Oh. I understand. For six days you could not feel our bond

because I was gone from this world and so you returned to your little buddy and got some cuddle time in? Am I close?”

“It was River’s idea.”

She turned her head to River who had the grace to look

ashamed. “I thought you were my friend, my sister.”

“I am. This was –”

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“Don’t even say it, River. Don’t.”

“It was for you.”

“You should have trusted I would get the answers with the

priestess.”

Winika started to weep. Jacqueline looked at her with sadness, “you were right. You feel guilt because it makes you sad to suspect your own flesh and blood, but you were right all along Mom.” When Jacqueline called her mom, Winika’s

eyes watered.

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“You went to the priestess?” her father asked seriously. “Why did nobody tell us that was where you were?” He

turned to Fawn and Hugh, “did you know she was going to

the priestess? You made it seem like she was avoiding us because she was upset and Jack was with Aspen.”

“I was with Aspen.” Jack said. “I was with Aspen and the priestesses when Jacqueline joined the priestesses in the inner sanctum and completed a ritual where she left this world to visit her Queen Mother. For five nights I prayed with the priestesses for her safe return while you were what? Here playing house with the woman who took her from us the first time? You didn’t even consider that what you were doing

would hurt Jacqueline?”

“What do you mean she left this world?” the king was on his feet moving to Jacqueline with concern. “What did you do?”

Jacqueline was unsurprised by the way her brother moved to block their father from touching her.

“Jacqueline, we can go right now if you are unhappy.” He looked down at her, “do not put those walls back up little sister, please.”

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She shook her head and then took a breath. “I left this realm

to visit my mother in her realm. The Queen Mother, you call her the creator or the goddess, but she prefers the Queen Mother. I call her Mother. She put my soul in your body,” she looked at Winika, “as the bridge to join two realms as the Queen of Kings and Queens.”

“What a load of shit.” Jacinta snarled.

“You have no powers Jacinta. They have all been removed.

You have no mate because you betrayed mate bonds and

tried to destroy mine with the twins and Jack’s with Aspen’s. Your mate by the way, was given an alternate mate and he worships her like she is the Queen Mother herself. You will never regain your bonds without true repentance and that begins with speaking truths.” She looked around the stunned expressions of the group. “I am the conduit to the resting place of Mother. I am the most powerful fae of all fae and you,” she looked at Wilder and Rafferty, “dare to betray me by flirting and snuggling with the woman who caused me

harm.”

“Jacqueline, let me up and I will explain.”

“Yes. Let us up, my mate,” Rafferty pleaded. “We will go to the

room and –”

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“You are wrapped around her like cellophane, and you expect me to go to your room?” She threw her head back and laughed. “How would you feel if you had not seen me for almost a week and you came in to find me laughing and joking with a man you were uncomfortable with me being around? Bar maybe? How would that feel for you Wilder and

Rafferty? If you come back to me after five nights apart and

no contact and communication because you were unable to send messages and you found me curled up on a sofa with Bar’s arms all around me.” Her voice was raising higher and

higher despite the fact they were in public space. She was grateful it was the time of day where most people were on the ski hill and out exploring the town instead of in this lobby.

“You would hate it. Well I hate it. I loathe it. Claiming or no

claiming, you are supposed to respect the sanctity of our bond but clearly it means nothing to you.”

“You aren’t letting us explain!”

“Explain what, Wilder? River’s stupid idea for you two to

seduce Jacinta into a false sense of security so she spills the

truth or slips up and makes a mistake. I know what you’re doing, idiots! It’s stupid and your hands are all over her.” She looked at Jack and sighed, “go home to your wife. There is nothing left here to do for you. Aspen needs you.”

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She touched his cheek, “you are my brother and I love you, but you do not need to be part of this because it is going to hurt you. I do not want to hurt you.”

“You love me?” Jack’s eyes watered.

“You’re such a big softie,” she snickered. “Go. I am going to go for a walk and get my bearings.”

Jack looked at his parents, “Jacinta kidnapped Jacqueline and put her in a hospital with a nametag of her name because she feared being left behind when Jacqueline was revealed to be the true descendent of the Queen Mother. Jacqueline has powers and abilities none of us will ever comprehend and she surpasses us all in every way. She knows the truth. Jacinta betrayed our family.” He looked at Jacinta who was pale, “you didn’t only take our sister away, Jacinta, but your took the daughter of the Queen Mother away from the priestesses who were meant to protect, educate and nurture her and left her in one of the harshest situations in the world.

I love you but I don’t know if I will ever forgive you. You are

selfish and cruel.”

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“It wasn’t my fault! I had the vision and saw my entire world

shattered because of her. All the people I know, and love taken from me and worshipping her!”

A strangled noise from the king’s throat was punctuated by

the wail of pain from Winika.

“You actually did it?” Jack asked his daughter.

Jacqueline waved her hand around the group to release the way she had them all frozen in their spaces. Immediately Wilder and Rafferty were on their feet towards her, but she backed up.

“Do not touch me with those filthy hands.” Stepping away

she caught sight of herself in a mirror above the fireplace and noted more streaks of blue through her hair and she grimaced at a glass on a low table with ice cubes in it. “At this rate, Mother, I’ll have a full head of blue hair by the end

of the month.”

“Jacqueline, please,” Wilder whispered to her.

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heart from their flirting, regardless of their intent.

“Where are you going?” Wilder asked as she turned on her heel and started to walk away.

“Jack, make sure they don’t follow me and then you should go to Aspen. I will check in with you soon.”

With that, she walked out of the lodge through the same side exit she’d left six days before and fought tears of rage from falling. What a welcome back!

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