Jack POV
He watched Luci look from him to Rafe and then shake her head, ‘no’, he took a step towards her and watched her actively take a step back away from him and felt pain touch his chest. Not once in all the time he’d known her had she ever stepped away from him like that, all uncertain “Don’t” was all she said, “I need a minute.” She frowned.
“Luci, we need to talk to you.” Rafe told her gently.
“I read what was on the wall.” She muttered, sounded angry all of a sudden.
“We only…” Jack tried to start to tell her, and she put a hand up to him to cut him off.
“I don’t want…”
“Luci, I love you.” he blurted out, cutting her off. He didn’t want to hear her state that she didn’t want to know or be with them. He saw her look right at him. “I want you to be my Mate.” He rushed out and s
