Running in Fear: Abandoned (11 page)

Jaycee laughed and finished up editing her first story. She e-mailed it back to the publisher and thanked her. She supplied her new address and phone number. Jaycee opened the second publisher's letter and read it. She smiled. They were going to publish her story, too. They said it was perfect, that they were ready to send it to print. The contract was attached. She needed to print it out and sign it. It had to be at the publisher's in two weeks. Bo he could print it out for her. “Hey Bo, you down there?” Jaycee yelled and waited.

“What's up, little sister?” he asked, bounding up the stairs and sitting down on the bed next to her.

“Could you do me a favor? I can't get up, but I need this printed out so I can sign it and send it to the publisher. Can you do this for me?” Jaycee asked, showing him the contract. He smiled and grabbed the computer.

“Sure, hold on. I'll go print it out now before we leave. You sign it and I'll have it sent out tomorrow.” He kissed her forehead and went down the stairs with the laptop. Jaycee pulled a story from the box into her lap, grabbed a pad of paper, and started working on the story longhand. She loved this story. It came from the heart, but she would add parts to it. She would make it a paranormal, ménage, and a shape shifter story. Human women loved them.

Jaycee smelled the chicken dinner before she saw Dane come up the stairs, carrying her food and papers. He went to lay the food down on her lap, but Jaycee pushed her covers away.

“I have to pee. Can you take me to the bathroom?”

Dane frowned at her and set the food aside. He picked her up carefully and carried her to the bathroom. Dane waited for her to finish and helped her clean up. He wrapped his strong arms around her and carried her back to the bed. He set the food down on her lap, along with the papers. He turned to leave.

“Would you stay up here with me? Keep me company? We can watch some TV,” Jaycee said.

“I think it best I just go downstairs. I don't want to upset you. I promised Marsha,” He left.

Jaycee pushed her food around and turned on the TV. She glanced at the paperwork and tried to forget about the hurt, but it didn't work. She signed the paperwork and put it aside. She forced herself to eat, but her stomach quickly rebelled. She was going to be sick.

“Dane!” she yelled, but that was all she got out. Jaycee threw up all over the bed and she was afraid to move. Not one of her mates came up while she got sick. Finally, she stopped throwing up. Her stomach hurt, her food and her bed clothes were ruined. Tears fell from her face. She waved her hand and sent the tray of food with her vomit downstairs, and onto Dane's head.

She heard him yell, but she didn't care. She stripped the bed sheet and blanket from her bed using her powers. Thank God her story didn't get ruined. She rolled the sheets into a ball and put them in the corner of the room. A new sheet and blanket flew in the air when her mates ran up the stairs mumbling, but she ignored them. Jaycee turned on the bathroom water, wet a washcloth, and brought it to herself. Jaycee grabbed it out of the air and washed her face. She laid her head back against the pillows. She needed her toothbrush; her mouth felt so nasty. Waving her hand, a glass of water, toothbrush, toothpaste, and an empty cup came into the room. She lifted her hand to grab them, but Remi plucked them out of the air.

“What happened? Why didn't you call us?” he demanded. He held her stuff and refused to give it to her.

“I did call you, but you ignored me,” she mumbled.

“No, you didn't. We didn't hear anything!” Dane yelled and got close to the bed.

Jaycee couldn't stand it anymore. “Get out now. You accuse me of lying. I've had enough,” Jaycee yelled. She pushed the covers out of her way and used her powers to pick herself up. She floated to the bathroom, slammed the door behind her, and locked it.

“Jaycee, open this door right now!” Remi pounded on the door. “You shouldn't even be out of bed.”

She stripped out of her nightgown and took the bandage off. The wound was healed on the outside, so she could take a bath. She started the tub, then using her powers, she poured the healing salts into the water and smelled them. It soothed her, while her mates growled behind the bathroom door.

Jaycee floated into the warm water and closed her eyes. She used the loose shower head to soak her hair and wash it. Remi broke down the door. Jaycee didn't move an inch, just continued her bath, using her powers to help her.

“Are you trying to kill our baby? What the hell are you doing?” Remi's beast snarled.

Jaycee turned her head towards him and growled low in her throat. “My son is fine and for you even to suggest I would, you can take a cold bath.” She let the words that ran across her mind float out of her mouth.

Her mates disappeared, gone from the house. They flailed in the cold frozen pond behind the house. Their shouts rang out.

Jaycee smiled and finished her bath, and brushed her teeth. A new nightgown floated into the bathroom. She floated out of the tub and into her nightgown. She was getting tired and drifted to bed, not bothering with her hair. She had just settled into bed when her mates came into the bedroom. They were soaking wet and shivering. She ignored them and curled up into the bed, but her stomach was flip-flopping again. Jaycee needed saltines and she knew where they were. Concentrating on them, they came floating up the stairs. Dane grabbed them out of the air and held onto them.

“Give them to me. I need them. My stomach isn't feeling too good right now,” Jaycee whispered.

“No wonder, using all that power,” Remi said.

“It's called morning sickness, asshole!” She held out her hand and Dane slapped the crackers into it. She nibbled on the saltines slowly. “You'd better go get warm near the fire, since you can't stand to be next to a liar,” she snapped.

“Don't tell me what to do,” Dane said.

“Whatever. I'm tired now, so just go away.” Jaycee carefully turned over to her side and, hugging the pillow, she closed her eyes. The crackers lay near her in case she needed them later. Her mates stomped downstairs. Tears fell on her pillow as she fell asleep.

* * * *

Jaycee woke up the next morning to Dane dumping her clothes in suitcases. “What are you doing?” Jaycee asked.

“The car is here. We're leaving in an hour,” Dane said and continued to pack her things.

“Why are you packing my fairies?” she asked and slowly sat up. “I want them here so when we come back to visit I'll have them here,” Jaycee said.

“We don't know if we'll come back,” Dane snipped. “We're thinking of giving this place back to Marsha and her family. You don't need it anymore.” Dane threw a bag down the stairs.

“Watch it, you'll break them!” Jaycee threw the covers off her and slowly got out of the bed. Dane stood slowly up and looked at her.

“What the fuck do you think you're doing?” He stomped over to her and picked her up, then placed her back into the bed.

“Marsha said I could get up and walk around. You're not giving anything back to Marsha. This is my place, and I will be back,” Jaycee yelled and got out of the bed again. She waved her hand and clothes appeared on her body.

“You need a real doctor. You don't know what's going on. We have a doctor standing by when we touch down at home,” Dane snapped.

Jaycee ignored him and floated down the stairs. She wouldn't risk walking the stairs, as Marsha said. As soon as she touched the floor, she looked around, and everything had been packed. The walls were empty. Marsha sat on a dining room chair, tears in her eyes.

“They said you won't come back. I can't see if you will, because you are part of me now, and I can't see your future.” Marsha cried while Bo held her. Jaycee went to her and pulled her up into her arms.

“I'll be back. I promise. Even if it's by myself, I'll be back.” Jaycee turned to the front door, which was open.

Remi and Mark stood out there with two women. They rubbed themselves all over them. Remi squeezed one of their breasts and smiled down at her. Jaycee stumbled and Bo caught her. He growled as he saw what she saw.

“I'll kill them!” Bo said, but Jaycee was there first. Both women turned to rats, and they scurried into the woods.

Jaycee glared at her mates as tears fell down her face.

“Bo, tell momma I'm not leaving. Start unloading my things now,” Jaycee said. Using her powers, she unpacked all her belongings, placing them where she had them before. Remi howled, but she didn't budge. She stood in the doorway.

“You have crossed the line. There will be no bonding ceremony, and the three of you will leave now. Don't come back. When the baby is born, I'll contact you. You're free.” Jaycee turned towards the stairs. She lifted Dane off his feet and carried him down the stairs. She threw him outside near Remi and Mark.

She slammed the door, locked it, and protected the door with a spell, knowing they couldn't get in. She looked up at Bo.

“I've got the signed contract upstairs. I'm going to need that sent today. I'm going to have to take care of me and my baby now.” She went into the kitchen and started the coffee when she felt Marsha behind her. She wrapped her arms around Jaycee and hugged her.

“It'll get better, baby. They didn't mean it,” Marsha said.

“It doesn't matter if they didn't mean it, momma. They did it when they were angry at me. Are they going to do it every time they're angry at me? I won't, I can't, do that. What would they do if I went and screwed with another man? They would kill him and then they'd blame me.” Jaycee turned and laid her head on Marsha's shoulder. First the tears fell, and then the sobs shook her body. “I love them, momma. They called me a liar, they accused me of wanting to hurt my baby, and now they slept with other women. Did I do something so bad that it warranted this?”

Bo and his twin walked into the kitchen.

“No, you didn't, little sister. I can understand them being mad, but what they accused you of and what they have done is too far. I'm going to mail this out for you. Then I'm going to stop by the house and pick up some of my clothes. I don't want you out here by yourself. Drew is going to stay with us here also.” He kissed her forehead, and walked out the front door with Drew. They closed the front door and the yelling started outside. Bo was giving her mates hell. Jaycee turned and started to make breakfast for her and Marsha.

“We can work on your powers later if you'd like.” Marsha sat down to eat breakfast. Someone pounded on the door and they knew it was Dane. Jaycee shook her head and got up to the door, since she knew he couldn't enter by himself.

She threw open the door. “What do you want, Dane? I've said all I have to say. You guys made your choice.” Jaycee noticed Bo and Drew still outside. Bo nodded to her as Remi stood next to them with Mark.

“We didn't fuck any others, Jaycee. Remi was just showing his thanks for keeping us company last night,” Dane said.

“So it would be okay for me to have a man here tonight to touch me? Good, maybe I'll find someone. Goodbye.” Jaycee slammed the door in his face and had turned around to eat the rest of her breakfast, when he pounded on the door again. She sighed and turned back to the door. She threw the door open to Remi.

“No man will touch you, you're mine, ours,” He said.

“Really? This liar, this killer of babies, is yours? I'm not allowed to have another man touch me, but you can touch who you want? Or I'm supposed to believe that you didn't fuck someone else. Now, I'm going to finish my breakfast and work on my stories, since it looks like I have to support my son!” She tried to slam the door, but he stepped inside and she looked back at Marsha, who just shrugged her shoulders. Jaycee spun around to see Remi advance on her.

“You're coming back with us now. Nothing happened and nothing will ever happen. Our cocks will only get hard for out mate or bonding partners. We are touchy people. They gave us comfort last night when you couldn't.”

Remi scooped her up into her arms. He looked at Marsha. “We will be back to visit. We'll leave her things here for now. Thank you for all you have done.” He marched outside and jumped into the car with Jaycee in his lap. Dane got into the driver's seat and Mark in the back.

Jaycee didn't say a word. She didn't want to hurt the baby moving around. She stared at her cabin as they drove away. Tears fell down her face as it got further, and further away from her view. She laid her head on the window and ignored her mates. They didn't say anything.

She must have fallen asleep, because she woke up to Remi carrying her to the private plane. She shivered, not having a coat on. Remi picked up his speed as he took the steps two at a time. He entered the plane and sat her down on a seat, then grabbed a blanket and wrapped her up in it.

He turned, joining Dane and Mark. They talked the whole flight and ignored her, which was fine by her, but she felt so alone. The plane landed four hours later. She used her powers and covered a coat on her body. She waited for the plane door to open.

Remi stood behind her. The door opened up, he scooped her back up into his arms and walked down the stairs. A limo waited for them. Once inside the limo, Shelly and Kate smiled at her.

Jaycee didn't care. She ignored them and stared out the window. She watched the scenery change as they drove in silence.

Finally she gazed up at the house, her prison. Stepping inside, she found her father standing there with someone she didn't know. Remi scooped her back into his arms and took the stairs to her room. Inside the room, he stripped her out of her clothes and laid her down on the bed. The man she saw downstairs came into the room.

“This is Doctor Blaine. He's going to examine you and the baby,” Remi said, but Jaycee didn't say anything. The man examined her body; he poked and prodded. He even did a personal Pap on her, while Remi stood there and said nothing.

When the doctor was done, he got up and covered her body with the blanket. “She's healthy as a horse and the baby is fine. Whoever healed her did a great job, but the baby was never in danger. It has some kind of protective shell around it. It was even hard for me to examine the baby with the shell around it.”

The doctor stared down at her. “I think your mate protected it with this shell. It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen.” He shook his head and left the room with Remi.

Jaycee got up and went into the bathroom. She threw up everything she had eaten earlier. She brushed her teeth and got a drink of water. She walked into her closet and grabbed a pair of jeans and a new sweater. With her laptop and her box of stories, she headed down the back stairs to the family room.

Jaycee had just settled in when there was a knock on the door and Shelly peeked in. “Can Kate and I come in?”

Jaycee nodded her head and continued her work on the book.

“Are you okay, Jaycee?” Kate asked and sat down next to her.

“The baby is fine, and this killer of babies is fine. You might not want to get to close to a liar,” Jaycee mumbled and typed.

“What are you talking about?” Kate demanded.

Jaycee stopped what she was doing and stared up at her, “It seems my mates think I'm a liar, that I want to kill my baby, and that it's okay that they can fuck anyone they want.”

“They
what
?” Kate stood up and screamed. Shelly paced back and forth.

“They didn't. How could they? Once mated, they're not supposed to be able to get their cocks up for another female,” Shelly said.

Jaycee watched her pace back and forth. “Well, they sure weren't ashamed of feeling them up in front of me. They said they couldn't be with me last night. They were too angry at me. So the females there gave them comfort. Hell, maybe they're getting comfort now, from God knows who.” She shrugged her shoulders and began to type again, pouring her hurt into her story.

Jaycee heard the men stomp down the stairs, and her father stormed into the room. “What the hell is wrong? Did someone hurt the baby?” her father asked and stared down at her.

“Her baby is fine. I'm pissed, and if you don't get those assholes, out of my sight, I'm going to kill them.” Kate and Shelly growled at Remi, Dane, and Mark.

“What the hell are you talking about, woman?” her father demanded.

“Ask them who they were with last night. They sure weren't with your daughter,” Kate snarled. Jaycee rolled her eyes and gathered her things.

“Jaycee, where were your mates last night?” Her father asked.

“I have no idea where they were, but I know they were with other women, getting attention. Since they couldn't stand being around a liar and a baby killer!” Jaycee said over her shoulder and stepped up two steps. “But don't worry, Father. At least now you don't have to worry about a wedding or a bonding ceremony, because it won't ever happen.” Jaycee quietly walked up the stairs as everyone stared at her.

She put her things inside her room and walked down the stairs to the living room. She opened up the door and started out on her afternoon walk, going north towards the gazebo. It was peaceful outside, and she walked into the burial grounds, right to Pierre's grave. Jaycee sat down and pulled her legs close to her body.

Tell me, Pierre, was I so wrong to want to protect them? Would you have taken another female because of what I did? It hurts, Pierre, and I don't know how to fix this hurt. It's deep, like they took their claws and shredded my heart. I miss your laugh. Do you know I can't remember seeing Remi laugh around me?

Jaycee brushed the tears away and got up, looking down one more time at his grave. She'd hoped he would say something to her, but nothing came.

She realized Remi had followed her and watched her like a hawk, but she ignored him. Walking to the gazebo, Jaycee waved her hand. A cushion and blanket appeared on the swing as she got on it, curling up under the blanket. She inhaled the fresh air and tried to relax. It felt so good to be outside. It was so beautiful out here; she loved it.

Jaycee heard their footsteps and knew they were behind her, but she didn't say a word.

“You do know you have every female fuming right now.” Dane stepped into the gazebo.

“What do you want me do? Lie like you accuse me of? Well, it's not happening. So go fix it. Find another female to snuggle up to. Maybe then they'll feel sorry for you,” Jaycee said.

“This is your pack, too. You need to fix this?” Remi said.

Jaycee got up, looking at him. “I have nothing to fix. Did I go and let another male touch me? No! You fix it.” Jaycee threw her blanket at him and pushed Dane out of the way. She stormed back towards the house and into the pack house.

Grace and Camille were there, having coffee.

“Jaycee, come sit and warm up,” Grace said, getting up and dragging her to the table. “We were wondering if you would like to go into town with some of the females tonight. They want you to have a night of dancing and relaxing, since most of this crap is behind us.” Grace sat down next to her.

“You know the prison guards won't allow this,” Jaycee stated, slipped her coat off, and took a sip of coffee.

“Don't you worry about them. We're going to keep them busy until you're gone. Then they won't be able go anywhere. We'll take care of the cars,” Camille said with an evil smile. “We even have a dress picked out for you. Kate and Shelly will meet you at the back stairs near the family room at seven tonight. Be ready,” Camille said, getting up and walking towards the doors.