Chapter 16
My Thoughts:
Fane and Jacque have a nice dinner,
easy conversation and everything seems to be fine. Fane takes her to a nearby
park but they never actually make it to play putt-putt. That made me just a
little sad because Fane never gets to experience that wonderful game (:
I enjoy learning about each of them
as they answer basic questions. I noticed that Fane doesn’t give his favorite
song, but we learn later about the Willie Nelson song he loves.
I have noticed that Jacque, and
Jennifer for that matter, can be a little tightly wound up on occasions. The
fact that she jumped all over Fane when he asked her if she wanted to date
someone shows that she assumed the response and jumped on him based on that assumption, not really seeming to hear what he was saying. Either that or she is
just so flustered by how she really doesn’t want to date anyone else that she
decided to take it out on him. Either way she overreacted just a tad, but she
is a 17 year old girl going through some drastic hormonal changes, one might
say she handled it pretty well.
Having the two Coldspring wolves
show up did a couple of things. It
allowed Fane to not have to even attempt at explaining how Lilly could possibly
know anything about what was going on, clued Jacque in on something more than
just your day-to-day run in with a bad element was going on. She caught
reference to the “animal kingdom” during the confrontation, and yet she didn’t
freak.
Fane refers to Steve as “Beta”
however we meet the actual Beta later in the book once Lucas is defeated, so it
would appear that Steve is part of the top 4 – I’m assuming that is who all of
the 4 were that came, and Fane was addressing him by saying “something other
than Alpha”. Not sure if that is an insult or not, but one can hope.
It would appear, again, that the
Coldspring pack really isn’t up on protocol because they appear to be confused
by the fact that their pack isn’t on record as existing. So either they don’t
know they are supposed to be registered, or they do not realize that Lucas hasn’t
handled the proper paperwork. It is my understanding that this loophole is why
Fane doesn’t have to really pay attention to their Alpha. You can’t claim what
isn’t yours legally. So until you file the paperwork, it isn’t your territory.
You have to admire the male wolf ego
though, because once they process the fact that Fane has basically flipped them
off they come back with they we out number you bit. This is another one of
those “underestimate the pup” situations because clearly they didn’t get that
he was more dominant than any of them. Steve has already been through this,
apparently the Coldspring pack is also not big on communication because that
was probably a bit of information the other 3 guys could have used. Or, if we give Steve the benefit of the doubt
we can go with the thought that he told them this and they just needed to see
it for themselves. Either way, dumbass move. Clearly, regardless of what
impression they had of Fane, they did not take into account just how dominate
he was nor did they take into account how educated on the rules he was. Which
brings me to one of the favorite lines listed below:
“You tell your Alpha to back off. There are
only so many disregards for Pack Laws that I will concede.”
So put that in your pipe and smoke
it! One look and a slight change in tone and down go 4 cocky wolves. Now, those
of us who have read the series know that Fane is as dominant as his father,
possible more so. Vasile is the most dominant Alpha around… so these guys were
screwed before they got out of the car.
The book tells us “When a dominant
issued a command like that the submissive could only obey, whether they wanted
to or not.” Thus, when Fane said “Leave,
now.”, they had to leave. I suspect that this bit of knowledge is what
pushed Lucas into challenging Fane then instead of waiting. Regardless of the
fact that Fane was 17, if he could order Lucas’ top 4 around, chances were he
was more dominant the rest of them. Lucas needed to claim his mate and get rid of this dominant before anything else could
happen.
You know that once the guys left and
Fane had to look at Jacque there had to be a part of him that was extremely
proud of the fact that not only did she not run away screaming from the
encounter, but she was standing her ground and demanding answers. She was in
true Alpha form.
Favorite Lines:
But the night was still young, and
he had ample time to make a fool of himself, so better not count your pups.
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This is ridiculous, want to prance
in front of my mate and show her I’m worthy of her. Act normal, you hairy
baboon, or she’s going to run from you screaming.
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“You tell your Alpha to back off.
There are only so many disregards for Pack Laws that I will concede.”
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“Ok, you can forget trying to get
away with not explaining that little episode of the Twilight Zone…”
Things We Learned:
- Fane did use self-control in front of Lilly by not touching Jacque’s marks
- Fate gives an Alpha male an Alpha female
- Jacque enjoyed her first motorcycle ride
- Jacque’s joy soothes Fane’s wolf
- Fane realizes Jacque is his to love, and that he will love her
- Fane likes Coldspring
- Fane lives a formal life
- Fane lives in a 7,000 sq ft mansion
- Jacque’s favorite color depends on the day but usually she refers to green in the books
- Jacque dresses according to her moods
- Jacque’s favorite song is currently Bob Seager’s ‘Accompany Me’, but changes regularly
- Jacque’s favorite book is Shell Silverstein’s ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends’
- Jacque’s favorite movie is the ‘Harry Potter’ series
- Jacque doesn’t think of herself as an only child with her two best friends being more like sisters
- Fane’s favorite color is any shade of black or grey
- Fane’s favorite book is ‘Lord of the Rings’
- Fane’s favorite movie is ‘300’
- Fane doesn’t like the responsibility that comes with being the only heir in his family
- Fane does not have a girlfriend in Romania
- Jacque doesn’t want to date anyone else but Fane
- Jacque’s emotions for Fane are very intense
- Fane’s wolf wants to preen in front of Jacque and is pleased she noticed their markings match
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