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Acceptance
By Grace R. Duncan
Forbes Mates: Book 3
Dr. Miles Grant acknowledges that his destined mate could be either gender even
though his bisexuality cost him his family and his pack. Luckily he found the Forbes Pack,
who happily accepts him just as he is. What he never counted on was finding his mate in
Pittsburgh or for his mate to be another species entirely—a cat!
Quincy Archer isn’t just any jaguar shifter. He is the heir to the leadership of his
pride. Destined mates are nothing but legend to the nearly extinct and generally solitary
jaguars, and Quincy certainly never expected to find one for himself, much less a male…
or a wolf.
However, finding each other and coming to terms with their species is the least of
their worries. Quincy is expected to select a proper female mate, father a cub, and take his
place as heir to the pride. Except Quincy refuses, having no interest in women or
leadership and knowing he isn’t right for it. But his father will stop at nothing—not even
attempting to kill Miles—to get his way. Quincy and Miles must overcome many
obstacles to stay together as the destined mates they’re meant to be.
Table of Contents
Blurb
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Epilogue
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To everyone who stuck with me so far, I hope you like Quincy as much as I do.
To Joe, for his continued love, support, and encouragement. I truly couldn’t do this
without you.
Chapter 1
QUINCY KNEW
they were there. It didn’t take a preternatural sense of smell or
hearing to pick them out. He wasn’t sure if he should be offended they thought his senses
were that dull, amused because they seemed that inept… or perhaps annoyed because they
were so sure of themselves and their abilities that they didn’t have to hide.
He wondered why they weren’t suppressing their scent. He was fairly certain
everyone in the jaguar world knew Pittsburgh had a pretty big number of wolves. Did that
mean they were willing to fight—and possibly kill—any wolves they came across?
That thought brought a scowl to Quincy’s face. Entirely aside from his new…
appreciation… of the wolves, picking a fight with them would cause all sorts of problems,
not the least of which might actually involve starting an interspecies war. And while he
might still feel rather disdainful about most of the wolves out there, there were a choice
few he didn’t want to see anything bad happen to.
Quincy sighed and took another sip of his latte. He really was not interested in getting
into a fight. Since there were only two of them, it would be pretty easy to give them the
slip. He needed to do it carefully, however, because he wanted to draw them away from
Pittsburgh, if at all possible.
For one thing, Miles was still working in the Presby ER. Chad and his new mate,
Jamie, still lived in the Oakland apartment—though they’d been away for a while. With
any luck Quincy could get the two jaguars out of town before any of his wolves got
dragged into a fight because, for reasons Quincy didn’t quite understand, they’d come to
his rescue. And while he’d hang himself before admitting it out loud to them, he liked
them and didn’t want them hurt.
He downed the last of his latte and stood, gathering his laptop and stuffing it in his
messenger bag, then packing the rest of his things. The idiots loitered across the street, in
front of the Primanti Brothers, trying to appear inconspicuous and failing. Neither of them
looked even remotely like a college student
or
medical professional, which was what
made up the biggest chunk of people in Oakland.
Shaking his head, Quincy hitched his bag over his shoulder, tossed out the coffee cup,
and stepped out of the Panera he’d taken over for the better part of the afternoon and
evening to get work done. Going to ground didn’t mean he could completely disappear.
He had money, but he had a reputation to maintain, and that included finishing jobs he’d
started.
As soon as the door closed behind him, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb stepped
away from the shop and started across the sidewalk. Quincy sighed, pushed his glasses
farther up on his nose, and turned down Forbes, grateful for the twilight. With any luck the
dark would help him lose them. He kept a reasonable pace, not willing to give them the
satisfaction of letting them know he was aware of them. They wanted to scare him or take

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