I drove back to the hotel with Kates words echoing in my mind.
The city lights blurred past the windows as I drove through downtown Moonridge. Traffic was light at this hour. Just me and the occasional taxi weaving through empty streets.
Then it hit me.
A wave of heat crashed through my body like wildfire. My heart hammered against my ribs so hard I could hear it over the engine noise.
“What the hell? 1 gripped the steering wheel tighter
My skin felt like it was burning from the inside out. Every nerve ending came alive with electric awareness. My shirt suddenly felt too rough, too restrictive against my hypersensitive skin.
The car drifted toward the center line.
1 yanked the wheel right, overcorrecting. The car swerved back into my lane with a screech of tires.
Focus, Sable. Drive.
But focusing was impossible. Heat pooled low in my belly, spreading outward in waves that made my thighs clench involuntarily. My underwear was getting damp.
This feels like… like heat. But that’s impossible.
Female wolves only went into heat during specific lunar cycles. I’d gone through it once at eighteen – the most humiliating week of my life. But this wasn’t the right time. And I hadn’t experienced heat since I’d been with Darrell.
The sensation intensified. My hands shook on the steering wheel. Every breath felt labored, like the air was too thick.
A gas station appeared ahead. Bright fluorescent lights cutting through the darkness. I pulled into the parking lot, barely managing to avoid the fuel pumps.
My hands trembled as I shifted into park.
“Breathe,” I whispered to myself. “Just breathe.”
But breathing made it worse. Each lungful of air seemed to fan the flames inside me. My body was screaming for something. Someone.
Coelan.
The thought of him sent a fresh surge of heat through my core. I could picture his hands on my skin, his mouth against my neck, his body pressing me into the mattress.
No. Stop thinking about that.
Esme stirred restlessly in my consciousness, her presence stronger than usual. Find our mate. We need him. Now.”
What?
“The bond is active now. Really active. Your body recognizes him as our true mate. Her voice carried an urgency I’d never heard before. This is what should have happened with Darrell but never did.”
Why didn’t this happen with Darrell?
“Because he was never our real mate! Just a young mate, a practice run! But Caelan… Esme’s excitement blazed through our mental connection, “Caclan is our
TRUE mate
This overwhelming need, this desperate craving it was the mate bond in its purest form. What Ed had with Darrell was nothing compared to this.
Go back to the hotel, Esme urged. “He’s waiting for us. He’ll take care of us.
I can’t
“Why not? He wants us. We want him. It’s natural!
Because if I see him like this. I’ll lose control completely. I pressed my palms against my burning cheeks. I’ll throw myself at him like some desperate amega in heat
The gas station was empty. Thank god.
The symptoms were getting worse. Every fiber of clothing felt like sandpaper. The leather seat was too warm against my back. Even the air conditioning couldn’t cool the fire burning inside me.
I need to get away from here. Away from his scent. Away from any possibility of going back to him.
The forest. There were woods behind this gas station. I could see the treeline in my headlights.
Change. Run. Get as far away as possible.
I drove to the darkest corner of the parking lot, behind the building where the security cameras wouldn’t reach. The engine died with a soft click.
My hands shook as I reached for my jacket. Every movement sent fresh waves of sensation through my hypersensitive skin. I peeled off the shirt, gasping as the fabric dragged across my nipples.
This is insane.
My jeans were next. The denim stuck to my damp thighs as I wiggled out of them. My underwear was soaked through.
The cool night air hit my bare skin like a shock. I stuffed my clothes into the backseat and grabbed the car keys.
Hide these somewhere safe.
I tucked the keys under the driver’s seat and stepped out into the night.
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Gravel bit into my bare feet as I ran toward the trees. The shifting would be painful in this state every nerve was already overloaded. But wolf form would give me better control over these primal urges.
The treeline swallowed me in darkness.
I found a small clearing bathed in moonlight and let the change begin.
Pain exploded through my body as bones began to reshape. Usually this took five minutes. Tonight it felt like hours. My sensitive skin screamed as it stretched and reformed. Muscles lengthened and changed. My spine curved and extended.
But when four paws hit the forest floor, relief flooded through me.
Better. This is better
In wolf form, the burning need was still there but more manageable I could think past the base of desire.
The scent of moss and pine filled my nostrils.
I ran deeper into the woods.
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A meme crock baddled my monk atmes leaped down the halles band and was the flow
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I scanded of the creek, dating water from my for. This was making everything wor**
The fowl raped before I could stap i hechoed through the quiet forest not a cry of pain, but the deep, threaty call of a female wulf seeking her mate
Did I post did I just call for him?
Fomey satisfaction radiated through nun shared consciousness Good Let him know where we are
Noi clamped down on the urge to howl again Thor’s exactly what I’m trying to avoid
Why are you fighting this? Your body knows what it wante!
Bevat I’m not ready? I found a massive oak tree and pressed my wolf body against its rough bark. I just ended a three year relationship I can’t jump into bed with someone else, even if he is my mate
“It’s not someone else Its CAFLAN
That makes it worse, not better
I curled into a tight ball at the base of the tree, my tail wrapped around my legs. The bark felt cool against my overheated fur, but it did nothing to ease the ache inside me
My body writhed against the forest floor. I couldn’t stay still. The urge to run back to him, to submit to these primal demands, grew stronger every minute.
Carlan POV
A checked my watch for the hundredth time. Sable should have been back.
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