The Seduction of Jac Frost (by Tatienne Richard) novel Chapter 84

Apologies

Original composition by Tatienne Richard exclusively for My

Fiction. If you’re reading this elsewhere it has been stolen from the platform.

Bracing herself for the incoming rage of twin fae princes,

Jacqueline looked at Bar sadly.

“What is wrong, little mate?”

“You must be so disappointed.”

He pulled his chin back to his chest at her words, “disappointed?”

“It’s bad enough I’m not a shifter, and I don’t feel the bond other than a pull to you, but you have to share me with Wilder and Rafferty. You could have been given any other

mate in the world, and she would be better than me.”

“Do you know how special and rare it is for a shifter to be

given a second mate? It is unheard of. It is why many choose

to take a second one when theirs is lost.” He cupped her cheeks softly, “I know it is going to be difficult. It will be an adjustment. I cannot promise you I will not lose patience Pr:14

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punch one of the twins in the face,” he paused, “more than once, but what I can tell you is that I am not a fool, Jacqueline. I know to appreciate the blessed gift from the Queen Mother. I am going to worship you with the devotion you deserve. Do not ever think I would be sad over such a

thing.”

His words made her lips pull into a tremulous smile and she leaned into him and pressed a kiss to his mouth.

Immediately he groaned, wrapping his arms around her middle and pulling her tight to his chest. She was crushed as he was immediately kissing her with a desperation she matched. Her fingers dug into his scalp as she moved to straddle him on the sofa while his hands roved her back. His tongue swept the small space between her lips and then he pushed through to taste her. She shivered in his arms, a tingling sensation coating her skin while a need pulsed through her body.

A banging of fists on the door of the cabin made them break apart and Bar’s furious growl made her giggle nervously.

“I might make it, so you do only have one mate,” he snarled with his voice a deep timbre she recognized as the one she’d

heard in her head outside. “Mine.”

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“Bar, where is our mate?” Wilder’s voice rang through the closed door.

“Kill them. Mate with mate.”

This time the voice was in her head, and she knew it was Bar’s beast and she snickered as she climbed off his lap despite his tight hold on her hips.

“Bar!” Rafferty’s bellow was punctuated by the way his fist

smashed against the door frame.

She yanked the door open, “what the hell is your problem?”

Rafferty grabbed her and pulled her to his chest, his face tight with rage, “you smell like a bear.”

She boldly sniffed him, “and you smell like a fae who douses herself in floral perfumes because she’s trying too hard.”

“You fucking said you would come here and get on his sofa,” Wilder snarled, his eyes were furiously glaring at Bar who was slowly rising from his seat.

“Gentlemen, instead of proving how much you are truly

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morons, please come in and join us. Jacqueline can tell you about the conversation she had with her mother a few moments ago.” He wrinkled his nose and then looked at Jacqueline, “this might be harder than I thought. I do not like his hands on you.”

Rafferty and Wilder exchanged furious glances at the

comment.

“Oh, come in,” she waved frustratedly at them and shook

her head. “You do realize you both owe me apologies and coming at me like this is not endearing either of you to me. My mother told me I need to open my heart and learn to love and to let go of the anger but damn it you are pissing me off at every other turn.” She made a show of looking out the door, “you didn’t bring your snuggle buddy with you?”

“You say that when you reek of him?” Rafferty argued with

her.

“He’s my mate!” she snapped at him and then watched as both men froze in place. “If he wants to bend me over the sofa and rut me he would be within his rights to want it.”

“Can I?” Bar asked.

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“No.” She scowled at him. “I’m not ready.”

“It might help with the walls.” Bar smirked at her with a gleam in his eyes. “We could ram them right down.”

“Bar,” she cautioned him with a pointed finger.

“Orgasms could shake them right off.”

She blushed at his bold talk.

“I like that color on your cheeks, mate,” Bar moved to the refrigerator, pulled out more beer, and held them up to the twins, “I don’t keep anything stronger than beer in my fridge.

I used to drink myself to a stupor over whiskey and it was a

problem.”

Rafferty’s voice cracked, “what do you mean Jacqueline that he is your mate?”

“It is exactly what I said,” Jacqueline took the beer Bar offered her and took a drink of it, enjoying the way the fizz burned the back of her throat and took the thick emotion with

it on it’s way to her stomach.

“How?” Wilder stomped to Bar and ripped a beer from his

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hands and then downed it all in one go.

Rafferty moved to sit on the chair she’d first chosen when she

arrived, “why didn’t you tell us?”

“I didn’t know.”

“She doesn’t feel it any more than she feels your bond,” Bar

said with a shrug as he flung himself back onto the sofa.

“If she doesn’t feel it, maybe you’re lying,” Wilder accused

furiously.

“Just because I don’t get to see gold threads rolling up my arms, doesn’t make my bond with her any less,” Bar shot back angrily. “You don’t get to make claims like that Wilder, not when she herself barely feels a bond with either of you.”

“I don’t understand,” Rafferty whispered, “it’s bad enough I need to share with Wilder but now with you?” He hunched

forward and rubbed his forehead frustratedly. “How many

concessions must I make?”

“Fuck you!” Jacqueline spat at him.

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“What is wrong with you? Both of you? You both are acting

like spoiled brats. Do you not understand how incredible this

is? It is a direct blessing from the Queen Mother herself. She is changing the world, our worlds, and she’s doing it through you and the pair of you are playing the woe–is–me cards?

If you don’t want this, let me know. I don’t need a king or queen’s approval to reject my bond. I have a direct link to the

Queen Mother herself. She made it clear to me that if this

wasn’t what I wanted, then I could go back to her and stay

there and the creatures which I am meant to rule over, will

do so through the temples. She has longed for me to be part

of her world, and she would have no trouble bringing me to her. So, say the word, boys.” She threw her hands up with

exasperation.

“I’m sorry,” Rafferty whispered. “I’m so sorry, Jacqueline.

It’s just, it’s,” he searched for words, “it’s a lot. First you disappeared for six days. Then you came in all hot, flipping out about Jacinta sitting with us.”

“You were cuddling her!”

“Our arms were over the back of the sofa, not touching her. She might have been sitting between us, but it made our skin crawl. She’s revolting. I hated every stupid second of River’s

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plan, but we were desperate. The way you left, we realized

you didn’t want your father to know where you went so we needed to act like you were out doing your own thing trying to adjust. She was in our faces all the time and River got it in

her head she was trying to recreate our old friendship. River

felt if we played along like we were friends again then she

might be more relaxed, and we could get her to talk. If it was

in front of your parents, then even better.”

“It was stupid!”

“I agree,” Wilder nodded, “baby I agree. It was stupid and we are so fucking sorry. Tell me how to make it better and I will make it better.” Wilder suddenly dropped to his knees in front of her and wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed his cheek to her belly. He breathed her in deep, inhaling the scent of her, “fuck I missed you and how you smell. I was sleeping with your t–shirt wrapped in my fists because Rafferty stole your pillow.”

“Try having her walk out on you without even acknowledging you and then disappearing,” Bar grunted from the sofa. “She was attracted to me, and I knew it, but she left you two assholes and then the next day disappeared completely from the town. I’ve been desperately trying to figure out where she

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“You really feel the mate pull with her?” Rafferty asked.

“My beast felt her from the moment you drove into town. We smelled her when she was two shops up. When she walked in, I thought I was going to shift right there. Then she didn’t

react.”

“I feel that.” Wilder didn’t move from where Jacqueline was

playing with his hair against her belly, on his knees like it

was normal. “I touched her hand in a meeting and felt the

bond, and she walked out like she didn’t feel a damn thing. I

cornered her in the elevator, and she looked at me like I was

on drugs. She went back to her desk and pretended none of

it happened.”

Bar looked at her, “really? You don’t feel it at all?”

“I feel a pull and I feel tingles or zapping? I don’t know how

to describe it. However, I still don’t feel the way I saw Wraith

behave.”

“You need to let it go, Jacqueline,” Bar said seriously. “Let the anger go and let yourself feel.”

“It’s hard,” she looked away from his deep brown eyes and

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away from the curious glance of Rafferty. “I don’t know how.

I don’t know how to love and be loved. This is all new to me. Then when I think I’m ready, it blows up in my face.”

Rafferty groaned and got off the sofa and moved to stand behind her. He wrapped his arms around her from behind. “I’m sorry, Jacqueline. I’m so fucking sorry. I fucked up letting River talk us into her stupid plan. She thought giving Jacinta a sense of security would make her lips loose. It made us both uncomfortable. We were missing you terribly. We were struggling without you. Dumb decisions were made. Please forgive us.”

She closed her eyes as emotions swarmed her. “I want to.”

“Then do,” Bar said quietly from the sofa where he watched the interactions. “Stop wanting and starting doing.”

“I’m scared,” she swallowed the bitter admission. “What if I

let you in and I love you and you hurt me or,” she blinked back

tears, “you leave me? Now there are three of you. What if the

you can’t get along or hate each other and then it makes one of two or all of you bail on me? I don’t want to cry again. It hurts when I cry.”

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his fingernails from his body but wrapped himself around the

trio, his large arms encompassing them all. “We will not leave

you, Jacqueline. If these two fuckers try to leave you, I will

personally beat sense into them. You are a gift to us from the

Queen Mother herself. She loves you and she would not risk

your life and future for anything less than perfection. We are

yours because she knows it is what is best for you. We will not

let you down, my mate. It is time for you to open your heart to

trust and love.”

Wilder slowly got to his feet but didn’t leave the group hug, “I agree with him but let’s never have my face that close to Bar’s crotch again. It was very disconcerting.”

The comment made Jacqueline giggle as she settled into the hug. There was still so much to talk about but for this moment, she decided to let this warmth fill her.

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