The Courage to Love: The BraveHeart Series Book 2

Chapter 6 - Thema

All I wanted to do was sit at the lake and clear my head for a little while, instead, I met the man I was meant to be with.

"I believe the correct term is mate, bitch..." Nubia was pissed at me for leaving, but I didn't want to accept the fact that I had a mate, and it wasn't all in my head.

He was saying all the right things, and I felt like silk in his hands. I couldn't fight the way he was making me feel, and that's why I bolted on him. My guard was coming down, and I couldn't have that. I was in the middle of planning my diabolic finale, and the Ancestors purposely brought this perfectly molded man my way with the sole intention of softening my hard heart. I would be lying if I said it wasn't working. I had to get away, because not only was my heart responding, but so was my body. I was just playing with my sly comment to see what his reaction was going to be, but once our skin touched, the crotch of my bodysuit got completely soaked.

"DON'T BE PLAYING WITH MY EMOTIONS LIKE THAT!!!" Nubia growled loudly in my head.

Another reason I left was Nubia begging to break free in his presence. Everything about him aroused me and Nubia. I was beginning to feel that weak emotion called love, and I couldn't allow that. I didn't even feel this with Jacoby, and I swore I was in love with that man. Although, after that little altercation, I've been forced to look at him through another set of eyes. Since he was so quick to bring up my father, I do recall seeing the two of them spending an awful lot of time together. Come to think of it, on the night of my father's murder, he and Jacoby had been missing for almost four hours. If it weren't for Jacoby coming back to the plantation, I wouldn't have known anything about my father's death. At that time, I paid no attention to his tattered clothes and the cut on his side.

As I walked through the courtyard of the plantation that I inherited, more crazy thoughts about my father, Jacoby, and my mate swirled through my mind. Damn.....Did I just call him my mate?

"Uuuhh!!! Yes, bitch, and it's about time you accept that shit!!"

Nubia was trying her hardest to convince me that I needed to turn around and run back to him, but I was too damn stubborn for my own good. I ignored Nubia's constant pleas as I continued unlocking the door and walked inside. The minute the door closed, I spun around on my heels and was face to face with Jacoby's muscular chest. When I looked up into his brown eyes, I noticed that he looked like the sneaky cat that ate the mouse, but he was still fine as hell.

"I'm sorry about last night, baby. Forgive me?" Jacoby asked in a sweet voice.

As much as I despised him at this very moment, all I wanted was for him to wrap me in his arms. I guess he could read my thoughts because he opened his arms wide and signaled for me to enter them and I did so promptly. He smelled of shea butter and sandalwood, his long locs hung freely at his waist, and he was dressed in a sleeveless maroon T-shirt that bared the Infinite Shadow logo and some camouflage cargo shorts that accentuated his toned calves. He hugged my little body tight, then picked me up and rocked me from side to side. Once my feet were planted on the floor, he placed my head in his hands and stared at me lovingly, then kissed me gently. He looked like he was up to something, but my mind was rocking with confusion.

"You're looking good as always. Where have you been?" His hands roamed my body and caressed my ass while my hands were still hooked around his neck, and yet, I felt nothing.

"I WANT QUINCY!!!!"

Nubia wasn't trying to hear it anymore, and she was mind-linking me that I was fucking up. Now that we've seen our mate face to face, it's only a matter of time before the Goddess brings us together again. I put my head down to hide my shame, and Jacoby brought it back up by my chin. We stared into each other's eyes for an eternity, and I still hadn't said a word. I stroked his face and searched for any kind of sign of betrayal. Jacoby was an expert at hiding his true intentions, and although I was a hybrid witch, there were limits to my powers, so I couldn't read his mind. The only way I knew to get what I wanted out of Jacoby was to sleep with him, but my little yoni was not responding to him, and that was a first.