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“Ok ladies, both of you back into your corners Jacque's getting hitched today so there has to be a cease fire” Sally indicated the corners she wanted Jacque and Jen to stand in
“I a involved”
“Says the wolf princess who’s never been bonded to a olf before,” Jen pointed out
“Details, details,” Jacque quipped
She suddenly felt claustrophobic, like the rooet smaller It reminded her of Alice in Wonderland when she eats the cake and begins to grow until the room is so small she is squished into it She needed air Jacque walked over to herand jerked it open She felt the su hot, it was refreshing and helped clear her brain fro up on shelves in her mind Each deep breath she took felt like it was slowly pushing each stack of worry into a trash bag Breathe-she pushed worry about leaving Coldspring into the bag, breathe- next orry for her mom, will she come to Romania or stay here, breathe- worry for her friends, breathe- worry about the bonding ceremony, breathe- worry about the blood rites, breathe Finally the shelves were clean, and there in her st the empty shelves was Fane
“Hellotheir bond
Jacque couldn’t suppress the smile that followed; she should have known he would be listening Especially since she was more emotional than usual Well, that was really not a fair statement because she had been e your olf irl
“Just needed to put things in their place, how are you?” Jacque felt the war into her mind, the love he wanted her to feel and it only made her want to be in his arms more
“Soon, love”
“You keep saying that wolf o away Isn’t it bad luck to see your y?”
She heard him chuckle
“No roo I can see you all I want In fact I could come rescue you from those two if you want”
“That’s okay, they h on the execution What ti?” Jacque asked
“It starts as 1:00 pm I’ll see you there Little Red” Fane’s voice faded out of her mind and she could feel his hu up on her two best friends’ idea of a sick joke, to turn her into the little girl who almost wound up as the wolf’s dinner
“My, what big eyes you have, wolf-man,” Jacque said out loud, unable to stop her sarcas up