Chapter 17
My Thoughts:
After Fane and Jacque finish
admitting to one another that they think the other is hot; things start to fall
into place. Now Jacque is caught off guard by Sorin standing in the house and
later on by her two best friends being there. I’m guessing that she was so
caught up in her thoughts from all that was happening and the hotness of Fane
that she didn’t notice 3 cars in front of her house. Granted, QL doesn’t tell
us the cars are there, but in previous statements we know the girls drove there
in their car, and we know that Sorin was renting a car when he got to the
airport. So there were 2 possibly 3 cars…but I digress.
Now I read somewhere that someone
didn’t like all the internal dialog that takes place, I’ve also read that some
people do not like the amount of dialog period that take place in TGWS…I
personally love it. My family is a chatty bunch, we tend to say what we are
thinking, and I know that I have a lot of internal dialog, so to me this is
normal. It is also, IMHO some of the funniest internal dialog, also reminding
me of my family.
I must give Lilly props for being
completely open and honest with her daughter over not wanting to tell her the
truth about her heritage. She could have said she was waiting until she was 18
or a number of other things; instead she just says:
“Actually, no. I wasn’t planning on telling
you as long as it never affected you. I figured there was no reason to add
confusion to the pain of your father leaving.”
Considering what she has just been
told, Jacque responds pretty well. She of course has to learn what the
realities of being a werewolf actually is since what she knows is all
fairytale. Here is where she finds out
that Jennifer and Sally are still there at the request of Lilly. Again, props
to Lilly for thinking ahead and having her daughter’s support system there and
ready to help Jacque process the information that just turned her world upside
down.
Once Jacque gets the information
processing, it dawns on her that Fane has referred to her as his mate. Now I’m
not entirely sure why at this point Fane looks deflated, well I mean it is
explained that the thought of her not wanting him is more than he can bear but
I’m not sure why he went straight to that conclusion. Is it just the insecurity
that comes with being 17 years old? Is it that he is concerned that this is
just too much new information to process for her, that not being from his world
she is automatically going to reject his way of life and do what she wants? I would
think that a lot of thoughts went swirling through Jacque’s mind as she was
processing everything and trying to suss out how she felt, I’m sure there were
probably a few thoughts that scared Fane.
Unfortunately for Jacque the one
thing she asks for is the one thing she cannot have. Isn’t that always the case? She wants some time to sort through
things and really get a grasp on what she is feeling. Fane has to tell her the
rest of what is going on and that is where QL decided to leave us…
Favorite Lines:
“I guess I’m as good as can be
expected. Don’t be alarmed if I freak out or have a meltdown, it will pass,”
she told him with only a small amount of teasing in her voice.
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Jacque closed her eyes and
concentrated on her breathing. In and out, in and out. Whatever it is, whatever
he tells you, you will not cower in a corner and shake like a frightened puppy,
she told herself firmly. No, but I make no promises that I won’t pass out from
shock. There is no shame in passing out, it’s simply the brain’s way of saying
'hold the stink up, I need to process this mess'. Jacque smiled at her
monologue, wondering if other people talked to themselves like that. Probably
not, but everyone’s got something, right?
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“Fane, you can’t possibly be
embarrassed by thinking I’m hot. I practically drool all over you every time I
see you. I should be the one embarrassed,” she confessed to him.
“Are you?” Fane asked.
“I guess maybe I should be, but
throw me a bone, you are freaking hot. I can’t change that so I’m embracing
it.”
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Okay, Jacque
thought, I’m fixing to have a
two-year-old moment.
“MOM!” Jacque yelled, “WHO IN KING
ARTHUR’S NAME IS THIS MAN IN OUR HOUSE, WHAT THE CRAP DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU
AREN’T TELLING ME, AND FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS THAT KEEP US SANE WHAT HELL
IS GOING ON!”
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“Well, that’s a crappy deal. Here
you have a dad who can turn into this cool wolf thingy and you can’t even get a
sexy, bushy tail,” Jen said as she and Sally walked into the living room.
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“Every page-turning word. I wanted
to pop some popcorn. I figured there might be some tense moments and you know I
eat when I’m tense, but goody two shoes here wouldn’t let me,” Jen said
irritably.
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“We know, sweetie. But see, since it
was Jacque finding out it was her dad who gets hairy, not yours, I didn’t
really care if you were tense.”
Things We Learned:
- Jacque was actually freaked out by
the events that took place in the park
- The idea of Fane leaving causes
Jacque actual pain
- Sorin has arrived
- Lilly never planned to tell Jacque
the truth about her father
- Jacque realizes that her mom still
loves her father
- Although Lilly was originally angry when Fane first arrived,
she has come to terms with it
- Jacque gets sarcastic when she is freaked out (and under
many other circumstances)
- Jennifer eats when she is tense
- Jacque finds out that her dad left because he found his true
mate, and never found out about her
- The thought of life without Fane makes it hard for Jacque to
breathe
