Reap This Three: Getting Back Mine

By Rafe Jadison

Seamus O'Donnell has waited forever for Mine, the reaper who has saved his life on more than one occasion. At least that's what his coven tells him.


On a crisp Samhain morning when his coven sends him back in time to get this man he loves so much, Seamus soon finds himself in the middle of witch trials in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and bloody wars in a time before civilization.


As he battles eons of pain and lifetimes of loss, Seamus must ask himself will if love find a way to break the curse that has kept him and Mine apart for too many lifetimes, or will he lose Mine forever?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Oct 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781646569373

Rafe Jadison

Rafe Jadison is the author of Seduced by Shark Shifters, Seduced by Shark Shifters II: Logan’s Tail, Seduced by Shark Shifters III: Tom's Turn, Reap This, Blake Blacks Out, and Peter Passenger and the Mothman. He has a great love of the water and of people, and he hopes that shows in his writing. You can find out more about Rafe at rafejadison.com. He looks forward to hearing from people legally old enough to read the things he writes.

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Reap This Three: Getting Back Mine

By Rafe Jadison

Published by JMS Books LLC

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Copyright 2021 Rafe Jadison

ISBN 9781646569373

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To Debbie: I hope it was worth the wait.

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Reap This Three: Getting Back Mine

By Rafe Jadison

Chapter 1

Seamus O'Donnell sat at the big table in the room that served as the library in the old Massachusetts farmhouse in which he had been raised. Although the room was rather large, after sitting there for too many hours to remember, it was starting to feel entirely too small as he skimmed through yet another aged tome.

Want some tea? his twin brother Ian asked from the doorway.

Seamus looked up absentmindedly at Ian, and then turned his head to the clock on the wall. Was it really after ten? Again?

For the last year, time seemed to be slipping through Seamus' fingers, and he didn't like it a drop. Samhain was soon approaching, and there was much to do before then. He just didn't know exactly what.

Seamus turned back to his brother, trying to consider the question. Instead, he found himself thinking about how now that Ian had quit dying his hair black, and let the natural auburn grow in, at thirty-two they looked more like twins than they ever had.

I asked if you wanted some tea, Ian said, with a concerned smile.

Seamus hesitated a moment, trying to sort his previous thoughts from the question, and pondering all that went into answering it.

I know, Seamus said. I'm just debating whether I've got anything left in me today. I don't know whether to call it a night or keep going for a few more hours. After all, it is Friday, and I'm off all weekend.

For other people, I might say push through, but you've been doing nothing but pushing through for almost a year now. You come here every day when you get home from work.

I know, Ian, but Samhain is coming up, and if I'm going to bring Mine back, that would be the most opportune time to try to get him.

Ian pulled up a chair across from his brother and sat silently for a moment. I'm sorry, he finally said.

I know you are, Seamus said quickly. I know you are, but this is not your fault. Mine made his decision. We couldn't have stopped him if we tried. He knew we would though if we'd known. That's why he didn't let us know what he was planning.

Neither did Khnurn, but that seemed to work out for me, Ian said. It doesn't seem fair that I get to spend eternity with the guy I love, and you're scrolling through books to try to bring back the guy you love, the man who saved us all.

Well, no one ever said that life was fair, and it's not like you'll ever get to see daylight again. You never asked to become a vampire.

No, but it's been a better experience than I ever imagined, Ian confessed.

Speaking of which, where is your other half? a woman's voice asked from the doorway.

Seamus and Ian turned to see their parents in the doorway. Susanna stood with a tray full of tea and scones. Raferty immediately moved over to the window, pulling the thick velvet blinds shut.

It gets cold in this old house, Raferty said, and then walked back toward his wife.

Khnurn likes to sleep in. He was just waking when I got up an hour ago. He's probably in the shower by now. That whole wake up at sunset doesn't work for everyone. Some of us keep sleeping.

I was debating whether I wanted tea, Seamus said. I wasn't sure if I wanted caffeine to keep going, or I wanted to call it a night and start fresh tomorrow.

Well, we brought you Great-Great-Grandma O'Donnell's sleepy tea, Susanna said. And Ian, we brought you and Khnurn Great-Grandma Thompson's wake-up tea.

The only thing on the planet stronger than coffee, Ian said. I'm just so glad that caffeine still affects me.

So am I, Raferty said, taking cups off the tray that Susanna held and placing them in front of each of his sons. You were never an easy one to wake.

Although that seems to have all changed since the transition, Susanna said. I guess you're still not a morning person though.

Funny, Mom! Ian said. I do wake up early now, or at least right after the sun goes down. I'm a whole new me.

And you look like a whole new you now too, Seamus said.

I think you just like it because I look like you, Ian replied.

It is a little different, Raferty said. Your mother and I have always been able to tell you apart, but mainly because of your vibes, but different colored hair since you two were about twelve didn't hurt. We're having to work at it a little more now. Ian suddenly super calm. Seamus suddenly scattered. And now your hair looks the same. It's a new world for us.

But it's a world we love, Susanna said. The major journey for all of us is growth.

That's easy to say. I'm not crazy about being the scattered one, Seamus confessed.

Sorry, I shouldn't have said it like that, Raferty said, placing the last three cups of tea on the table. You've just been so stressed since Mine has gone. You weren't even this stressed when you were fighting cancer.

Yes, but it's easier to not worry about yourself than it is to not worry about someone you love, Seamus said.

Ain't that the truth, Susanna said. If it makes you feel better, your father and I have been very worried about you and Mine.

Khnurn and I have been concerned as well, Ian said, a more serious look on his face than Seamus was used to seeing.

The problem is, worry doesn't help anything, Susanna said. And we've all been worried the better part of a year.

Which is why your mother and I have come to a decision, Raferty said.

We know that this is your journey, and that part of every life is discovering the things that we must find in that life, Susanna said.

Acquiring that knowledge, Raferty added.

But you don't seem to be finding it, Susanna said. You've been holed up in this library for the better part of a year since right after last Samhain, and you still don't have any answers.

So we've decided to intervene, Raferty said. We've always been on your team, and gods know we've intervened in your life, and that of your brother's, quite often.

And I'm really thankful for that, Ian said. If you hadn't, gods only know what would have happened to me last Samhain.

So you have a solution? Seamus asked, looking to his mother and then his father.

We have some ideas, Raferty said.

And we've invited some people from the coven over tomorrow, Susanna informed them.

For a ritual? Seamus asked.

Not tomorrow, Susanna explained. Tomorrow we just want to pull on some of the talents and wisdom of our members.

Ian looked around the room. Our family has run the coven, held its meetings, and stored its records for literally hundreds of years. Wouldn't all that knowledge be in this room?

We hold the records. People hold their own powerful gifts though, Seamus explained to his brother, and then turned to his parents. Do we really have people in the coven who you think could help?

Our ancestors always believed one thing, Raferty began. They believed that in every situation, we have what we need to face the challenges with which we are presented.

In other words, Susanna explained. We have everything we need in this room, or at least in our coven.

Of course, what we want to happen and what happens are not always the same thing, Raferty said. Sometimes what happens is not what we expected.

But it might be what's best for us, Susanna said.

You mean like when I slept with the Grim Reaper, but it killed my cancer instead of killing me? Seamus asked with a smile.

Or when I became a vampire, but it saved my life? Ian added with a laugh.

Yes, exactly those things, Susanna said.

So be prepared to deal with whatever comes up, Raferty said. You've both have always been brave.

Well, sometimes we have no choice, Seamus said.

That's true, Ian agreed. We've been through a lot the last few years. Although, I wasn't around for all of it. I showed up last Samhain in time to bring trouble.

You brought some great things here too, Susanna said.

Like yourself, Seamus said.

And me, Khnurn said from the doorway. Not every family has a vampire straight from Egypt.

"Yes,