Status Updates From Exhale (Flesh and Bone, #1)

Nicholae letting Jack fuck him is exactly why he was totally always my favourite and I totally always liked him

“If you are wolf enough to have manifested the traits of an omega after being marked by two Alphas, then I believe there’s a chance, albeit a small one, that you could survive a transformative bite. I’d estimate your odds of survival to be about twenty percent.”

~ TOLD YOU SO

She gets to be raised by her bio parent and her true parent still, lucky Ellie

Okay so why are they destines mates? I always thought some of the mystique of their relationship was that they chose each other despite everything. I guess not...

Wait surely he gets transformed into a wolf to save him? Like, I fear it's the only thing I can think of that makes sense. Perfect amount of angst for a book ending, very tragic, checkov's gun, and cures him for many years (/ the rest of the series)

“Stick around and I’m sure Nicolae will be happy to teach you all the tools of the trade.”
“Trade?” She arched an eyebrow.
“Yeah. Being a furry pain in the ass.”

~ I don't wanna cry, why do I have to love Jack so much :(

“You know we can’t get out of this, Nicolae.”
He closed his eyes and sighed, wrapping his arms around me. It was unexpected, but I relaxed into him like I belonged there. Maybe I did. “I know,” he answered. “And I think I prefer it when you call me Nick. Except in the bedroom. In that case, I like listening to you trying to say it.”
I smiled into his shoulder, squeezing him. “I’ll keep that in mind.”

~ One year :(

“Jack?” His tone was impatient, because even down on one knee, he was still an entitled, egotistical fuck who thought he shouldn’t have to wait for anyone. And goddammit, he didn’t.
“Just to clarify. You’re asking me to marry you?”
He frowned. “What else would I be doing, you backwoods brat?”

~ Ah, he won me over

He pulled something out of his jacket and I began to reconsider the possibility that I was dreaming, or hallucinating, when he got down on one knee. A few wolves who were walking across the corridor gave us some strange glances, but they didn’t say a word. “Say ‘yes.’ And remember, I can make you.” He said it in a wry tone, but the look in his eyes made me doubt he was entirely joking.

~ He's kinda winning me over

^^^

“I want to be with you. Not just now, but always. Not just as my mate in name only, or the man I fuck because I can’t convince myself to stay away.”
His voice was so raw and full of passion that it might have sounded like anger, if I didn’t know the subtle shades of him so well. “Whatever those X-rays show, I want to care for you and call you mine for as long as we have. As long as you’ll allow me.”

~ As he deserves

“Jack, wait,” he said, taking my wrist. It wasn’t the first time, but as firm as his grasp was, it was gentle. When I met his eyes, they were full of desperation. “I want to be with you.”
I stared at him, afraid of how my heart shaped itself around those words even though my brain knew I’d heard them the wrong way. “I guess you can come if you want.”

~ Way to shut down being asked out

“Tell me something,” he demanded, brushing his lips over my jaw with tenderness that felt cruel. “Why do I want to open you up and pour myself into you until there is no part of you that isn’t tainted by me?”

~ YOU TELL ME, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU GOT HERE!! I can see why he would be so charmed, but he made such a crazy 180 in personality???? Well ig not personality, but demeanor

“Only mated wolves are resistant to the compulsion of any other,” he answered.
“But I’m not a wolf,” I reminded him.
“You are quite human,” he said with an air of affection as he reached out to pull me back onto the couch beside him. “As for what it means, I don’t know. But I plan on finding out.”

~ Questions, questions. Also Ellie is pissing me off

THAT'S FUCKING RIGHT, NICOLAE CAN CHOKE ON HIS OWN DICK! JACK HAS HAD TO GO THROUGH SHIT FOR A FAMILY THAT HE WAS NEVER PREPARED FOR, AND A WIFE THAT WAS NEVER TRULY HIS BECAUSE THAT'S TH EKINF OF MAN HE IS. AND NICOLAE CAN GO DIE BECAUSE HE'S LEARNING THAT PEOPLE OUT THERE STRUGGLE!!!

So does he have TB orrrrrr

“He was fine,” Vasil protested. “He just had too much to drink.”
I wanted to interject on their behalf, but I was still coughing too hard to speak. “Just breathe,” the doctor ordered. She was American, which explained the change in language.
“You sure he’s not a fish?” Lon asked dryly.

~ Lon is hilarious for that

“It’s my knot,” he grunted.
“Your what?”
“I’m an Alpha wolf. You do the math.”
“Fuck! You could’ve warned me—”
“I didn’t know this would happen,” he snapped. “It’s not supposed to.”
“This can’t be the first time.”
“It’s not. Just the first time it’s happened with someone other than an omega. I knew you had the other traits, I just wasn’t expecting my body to respond this way.”

~ Omega status confirmed????

He was my god of sex and rage, and I was his sacred whore, offering myself up fully to his mercy.
And he had so little of it to give.

~ Brutal character assessment

He was cruel and cold and I hated him, but he knew my body and parts of my soul in a way no one else ever had.

~ We're giving him a lot of credit for being good at sex...

“You respond to my touch like an omega would,” he finally said in answer to my confusion. “Every erogenous zone makes you squirm. And your scent…”

~ I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO!!! I'M SO GOATED!!

A wicked smile touched his eyes, but his lips remained firm and always slightly scowling. I couldn’t take my eyes off them and my tongue darted out to wet mine instinctively as he pulled me closer.
That made him smile.

~ Nvm, I see the vision soooo hard

“Interesting,” he murmured, looking at me like I was his new prey.
“What is?” I asked hoarsely.
“Your response,” he answered, running his hand down my bare chest.

~ Oooooooooooooooo???

Okay I read the synopsies of the other books, why are omegas mentioned as they are AND specifically no human has survived the bite without going feral???? Seems strange to mention and not use