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Blurb:
Jack Frost has spent his entire existence
questioning where he fit in. A Keeper
with no holiday or reason for being, a darkness inside of him that he can’t
begin to understand, causing Jack to be unsurprised when the other Keepers
appear to have all but given up on him.
Nick is used to bringing joy to others, he is Santa
Claus after all, but where his mate is concerned, he just can’t seem to get it
right. When Jack becomes the sole target
for their enemy, Nick will stop at nothing to keep his mate safe and prove once
and for all they are meant to be.
With the
story coming to an end, join the Keepers as they discover not only who they
truly are, but what they are capable of...and just perhaps, what the future
holds.
EXCERPT:
"Jack,
watch out!"
"F**k!"
A mass of black, blue, and bright red fell down a hillside in a mass of tangled
limbs and pained grunts. "Ouch!"
When
they finally reached the bottom, Nick blinked up at the sky for a moment,
fighting to regain the breath that had been knocked out of him by the ground
and multiple jabs from Jack’s flying limbs.
"Are
you alright?" he asked when he was sure he could speak.
"I'll
live." Slightly disoriented icy blue orbs met worried green ones. Pale,
full lips stretched into a weak smile. "Sorry for using you as my landing
mattress."
Nick
rolled his eyes. "I don’t quite have the padding most people think, not
sure how good a job I did."
Jack
blushed, stuttering for an answer and looking anywhere but at Nick, all but
jumping off him when Nick cleared his throat.
"S-sorry,"
the younger Keeper murmured as he wiped the snow off himself. Nick sighed as he
stood and looked around.
"Well,
at least we didn't roll too far down," he murmured and brushed the snow
off his leather jacket.
Yes, it
was red. He was Santa, of course it was red.
"Are
you alright?" He looked at Jack, and suppressed the whine that wanted to
break out when the younger man looked at him with a forced grin. Everything was
forced with Jack these days. While the two of them had been able to coexist in
the same space in the past few months better than they had in the last few
centuries, it hurt something deep down inside to see Jack almost a shell of who
he used to be.
"Just
a few bumps and bruises. Nothing I'm not used to already."
Nick
frowned while Jack started to look around, trying to find a way up.
They had
been out there for hours, searching for any sign of the Fates. From the moment
Sam had discovered their hand in the attacks, placed upon not just the Keepers,
but also the Dark Lords, those three devious and spiteful goddesses had
vanished. Recently word had come to them the Fates had been spotted somewhere
around the Alps, and Jack more than most had been determined to search the area
for any evidence to support the claims and track them down. He just hadn’t
considered how damn big the area was, even for a couple of Keepers.
"Maybe
we should head back to the Pro Custodes and continue tomorrow," Nick
suggested and Jack looked at him with a confused expression. His cheeks were
rosy from the cold and his beautiful icicle-like eyes were glowing brightly.
Every part of Nick was begging to just claim the younger man for himself.
But he
couldn’t.
Not yet.
Nick had
far too much to make up for where Jack was concerned. He had failed the man who
should be his mate more times than he could count. And the younger man had paid
dearly for it.
"There's
not much more ground to cover, and we still have some time before night
falls," Jack countered.
Nick
frowned. “Ja—”
"But
if you think we should make our way back, then that's okay too!" Jack
backtracked.
That was another thing.
That was another thing.
Nick
could clearly remember the fire in Jack's eyes when he would defy him, or any
of them. He clearly remembered the strength and anger that glowed in Jack's
eyes each and every time the two of them had faced off over one thing or
another. Now though, that fire wasn't gone. It was still there, but it seemed
Jack was suppressing it.
Who is Jess?
Jess
Buffett was born and raised in New South Wales, Australia. She is a mum of two,
married to her high school sweetheart.
Jess is
a hopeless romantic who is a huge fan of M/M and M/F romance with a happy
ending—anything with hunky men in all their glory, whether they be Shifters,
Vampires, Cowboys, or the boy next door.
A
caffeine addict who shamefully can’t make a decent cup of coffee to save her
life, Jess believes in soul mates, happily ever afters, and in love at first
sight, but that sometimes people need a second or a third for the brain to
catch up.
FIND JESS HERE
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