Sent To A Fantasy World and Now All the Men Want Me: Volume 2 by Jaclyn Osborn

Author:Jaclyn Osborn [Osborn, Jaclyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

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Maddox sat on the edge of the bed, leaning forward with his hands clasped in front of him. He fidgeted with the silver ring on his finger. “Start talking.”

“Don’t use such a harsh tone with him.” Briar stood with his arms crossed, resting his hip against the desk.

“Don’t give me orders, physician,” Maddox snapped. “I’m not in the mood.”

“Are you ever?”

“Please don’t fight,” I said, surprised by how meek I sounded. Okay, maybe not too surprised. I felt really pathetic. And anxious. Maybe on the verge of throwing up. “This is already hard enough.”

Something flickered across Maddox’s face but was gone too quick for me to make sense of it. He was skilled at hiding his emotions behind a mask of stoicism. “Hard how?”

Lake stood near the window, keeping his distance from all of us. His gaze landed on me as he waited for a response.

“Because…” I waved my hands around, searching for the right words and only finding more anxiety. “It just is. I’m not good at this stuff. Important conversations. I need a glass, or ten, of liquid courage first.”

“I’d advise against that,” Briar said, the amused glint in his hazel eyes mingling with the threads of worry. “You can’t hold your alcohol well. Though, you’re quite endearing when drunk.”

I tried to smile but couldn’t find the energy.

“I see.” Maddox slowly breathed out before rising from the bed. His mask had cracks now, revealing the slivers of vulnerability underneath. “That man is a past lover from your former kingdom, and he wants you to return with him.”

“Huh?” I asked.

The muscle in his jaw ticked. “I suppose he’s handsome in his own way. Or is it his power you’re attracted to?”

Briar regarded Maddox, his expression slowly sinking. When his hazel eyes shifted to me, questions swam in them, as did an ache I felt deep in my chest. “Is this true? Is that man—”

“Okay, both of you have the wrong idea,” I interjected. “Lupin isn’t my lover, past or otherwise. He’s married to a smoking hot guy named Saint, and honestly, he’s not my type anyway.”

Maddox returned his gaze to me, guarded once more. “Then who is he?”

“And why the secrecy?” Briar asked, the worry in his expression deepening.

Lake didn’t chime in to the conversation, but he stayed alert, listening.

I hated the distance between us. Not only physical but the emotional one too. Like a wall keeping me out, especially with Maddox. I reached for him.

Maddox’s attention shifted to my hand before he knocked it aside and pulled me into his arms instead. He held me tighter than usual. Almost painfully so. “Tell me this… are you leaving us?”

“No,” I said, fighting the tight ball of emotion in my throat. “I’m not going anywhere. I promise.”

As Maddox pushed his face into my hair, a tremor passed through his large body—like he’d been holding his breath and could finally empty his lungs again.

Briar walked over and kissed our captain’s shoulder before caressing my temple. “Losing either of you is the only thing I couldn’t survive.

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