When Jack reached the spot all he saw was her, there didn't seem to be any other spirits around.

"M-mysterie, are you okay?" He asked, fear for her evident in his eyes.

"Did they hurt you? I swear they will never see the light of day again if they did." His black eyes return back to their normal icy blue once he'd finished speaking, his anger fading.

"Do you honestly think I'd let some mongrels kill us Jackie?" Shadow smirked, learning up against a nearby tree as black sand tended to her wounds. Jack halted in his steps as pure fear and anger flowed from him towards Shadow; his voice was but a whisper.

"This is your fault she's like this." His bangs hung in front of his face as he stared at her, giving it a shadowed look as he glared at her.

"So sue me. You can't say she didn't try to warn you." She would have shrugged except that the black sand is resetting one shoulder and tending to a gash in the other.

"I have the Moon to thank for my continued existence. Sadistic bastard that he is. Playing nice one minute and the next..." Jack looked up at the moon with a glare. He could only agree with that since he had never spoken with him for 300 years.

"So at least he made things right for her with me, at least for a moment." Jack sighed.

"I wish Jakul and you would just leave us alone."

"I wouldn't say that. As you said... she wouldn't be seen with a monster without me and I owe that to HIM..."

"Whatever, just leave her alone for a while. You and I both know she and I've had enough!" Jack snarled, frost blew the sand away and scattered it, reopening the wounds the sand was trying to heal; they begin to bleed freely again.

"Now. Let. Her. Go." Jack growled as his control on Jakul began to slip again.

"Not yet. You and I have some unfinished business..." She replied as the sand regrouped and closed the wounds, it also curled around Jack's wrists, binding him.

"Huh?!" He struggled vigorously against the bonds.

"Ohh, I've been waiting too long for this!" Jakul yelled in Jack's head in glee.

"No, please let me go." Jack said, eyes widening as he began to understand and could barely believe that he'd already started begging; she hadn't even done anything yet.

"Relax Frost, I'm not going to hurt you. I could never do THAT... she'd never let me." She smiled a little, pulling the shadows and sand around the two of them to hide them as she slowly stood; eyes gleaming as she moved towards Jack, directing the sand to yank him to her before she slid her hands beneath the blue hoodie, amber eyes aglow with lust as she lightly caressed his skin. Jack turned his head, suppressing any sound as he made his body stiffen against the touch.

"Stop." He growled sternly. She chuckled softly before murmuring seductively.

"Or what?" She skimmed her hands up along Jack's chest, ghosting along his skin before lightly brushing her palms against the cool buds of his nipples. He bit his lip to keep from letting out a moan.

"Or you won't see the light of day again." He growled, his eyes glowing a brighter blue than usual as he pulled his body away from her touch as far as he could. She chuckled softly.

"Are you saying you'd risk hurting her? ... Some how I don't believe you Jackie..." She spun the two of them about to pin Jack against the tree she'd been leaning against moments before when the sand had been tending to her wounds, she pressed close.

"After all... I think we both know if you really didn't want this from us you'd have already stopped it..." She smirked, her fingers lightly caressing his nipples gently. Jack bit his lip until it was crimson from blood, not able to stifle the whimper that escapes him even as he glares at Shadow with the coldest of glares.

"Let me go, this isn't what she would want and you know it." He struggled against the sand.

"I do not want this."

"So sure of that are you?" She said with a purr in her voice.

"What makes you think she isn't watching now? That she isn't an audience? After all... I know Jakul is watching... he's been dying for this ever since I hinted at it..." She skimmed her nails lightly along Jack's skin, down his chest and along his stomach. Jack couldn't stop the moan that escaped him as her nails skimmed over his sensitive stomach. He closed his eyes, trying his best to not look at her.

"She knows I love her and knows I would never have this with you!" He growled, losing some control as Jakul moaned and groaned in his head.

"Shut up Jakul!" He snickered.

"Why don't you enjoy it Jack? She'll take real good care of ya. She's still your Mysterie, just better." He struggled, kicking at her. She let out a soft grunt at being kicked, but didn't let it stop her.

"If you're so worried about this Jackie... you can always just let Jakul out to play with me..." She smiled softly, skimming her nails along the hem of his pants teasingly, her eyes bright with pleasure from the sounds of pleasure from Jakul and Jack. Jack sucked in a breath, lost as he groaned in pleasure at the contact.

"L-like I w-would ever l-let that happen." He stutters, Jakul chuckles.

"Come on Jack, let me out... I wanna play!"

"No!" Jack struggled, trying again to pull his body as far away from her as the bonds would allow; which wasn't more than an inch or so... not very far. Shadow continued to caress him teasingly.

"Well... then sit back and enjoy it. It was her idea, after all, that you two switch. She said it was up to you." She skimmed her free hand down along his left thigh, black sand swirling about to slide over his torso and legs; pinning him effectively to the tree to keep him from kicking her again or doing anything else that might come to mind.

"I am a person of my word Jack... evil I may be, but even Jakul knows about the honor of evil... I won't hurt you. Not in the smallest way." Jack looked at her with a deer-in-headlights look.

"P-p-please s-stop n-n-now." Jack stuttered with far. Shadow purred.

"Just relax... I promise you won't regret it."

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"I think I have a better idea... After all, you did say you trusted her..." She shifted to stand, her eyes meeting his; a bright amber for a moment before the amber slowly fades until it's gone completely. Mysterie is silent a moment, lightly running a hand through his hair before speaking quietly, her eyes darker than normal.

"I promise she will never hurt you."

"M-mysterie." Jack stammered, meeting her eyes; his own bright with unshed tears at seeing her again as he shifts to lean into the gentle touch. She gentle wipes away the tears that fall.

"She didn't lie Jack." She pressed a hesitant kiss to his lips, as if uncertain now. More tears spilled over, clinking like glass as they froze and fell to the ground; Jack began to shake and managed between quiet sobs.

"Mysterie, I know you wouldn't but Jakul would..." He sobbed harder, feeling helpless in that he couldn't do the same. He couldn't simply switch so easily as she seemed to be able to do.

"I can't get it to stop every time I get angry... I can't stop." She gently wiped away his tears.

"I know Jack... just as I cannot." She said as she ghosted her fingers along his hips.

"I can only help you forget about it momentarily... just as you help me forget." Jack's sobs became hiccups as his tense body begins to relax.

"I love you Mysterie. I would like to forget, at least for one night."

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"See? didn't I say it would only take the right motivation?" Jakul nodded a little, snickering but Jack ignored it; he felt drowsy, managing to murmur a "what the" before Shadow took control again with an evil, pleased smile. The cuffs around his wrists disappeared, but the wall of sand that she'd had create a dome around the two of them of privacy's sake stayed up. There is a rap on the dome, causing her to almost grin.

"Interesting timing Sandman!" She calls out. On the other side of the black sand dome Sandy crossed his arms.

"Where is Jack?" North called, the other Guardians were there too and they were ready for a fight. Bunny tapped his foot impatiently, waiting to see if the black dome would come down.

"If you hurt one hair on his head..." Tooth began. Shadow kept the shield up, giving Jack time to recover and make himself decent. Though she can't help but nearly fall over laughing, her laughter ringing through the air.

"Hurt Jack?" She asked once her laughter had died down.

"Oh my dear Toothiana... Save your breath. I am the guardian of Wishes... dark or otherwise, but that doesn't mean I could ever hurt Jack... and why would I want to?"