Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 258

Chapter 258

My heat took a full week to disappear. And the entire time cried for Rowan, I needed his touch, but I was left alone chained to the wall of my bedroom. The pain was excruciating, but it still never compared to the pain of giving birth, which I still remembered viscerally. But both now and then paled to having my new born pup laying on my chest struggling to breathe only to be ripped from me.

I wanted to be mad at Rowan. I actually wanted to hate him I laid in my bed, burning from the heat, the pain setting my nerves on fire, knowing that his touch, anyone's touch, would save me. But he was right. I would have regretted it after it was said and done. I screamed all day, all night. I couldn't eat, I barely slept. Wendy and Toya were there to help with anything I needed.

Micca and Hanna came and visited, but they handled everything out of the apartment for me. Ensuring everything was in place for the start of the second year. They handled the shopping, the rumors, everything that might pop up, they handled. They also brought the girls' dinner, so they didn't have to leave me.

Which I was thankful for. Because the only sleep I got the entire week was when one of them held me through the night. They dealt with my sobs, my anger, my pleading. Through it all, they were understanding. The first couple of days, they tried to talk to me about Rowan, but I had to ask them eventually if they could stop.

The heat came in waves; I went from sobbing uncontrollably, begging someone to help me to having a small break to pull myself together. The back-and-forth swing was so violent, so fast, it was wrecking havoc on my system. I went from hot flash to freezing. Excruciating pain to numbness. I had flashes of memories when the heat faded enough for me to be coherent, to a weird jumbled memories of freezing water, crying and full need.

On the morning of the seventh day, I woke up, cool to the touch and coherent enough to crack my eyes open and sit up. Toya shifted, rolling over to look at me. "Good morning." I looked at my best friend and I broke down. " Amy, what's wrong?" She pushed up from the bed and wrapped her arm around my shoulder.

I looked

looking at me like I was a bomb that might go

for the last week I was. I felt guilt crawl up my throat. "Our families are in hiding. My mom is surrounded by men trying to control her. We are stuck here at school. Someone is working with the rogues to overthrow our king, and I just spent the last week begging a man to want me." I closed my

about everything all at once. Let's get up and regroup. Make a solid plan. We have class starting tomorrow, too." I

water. It could be worse." I pushed back the covers

"You have no idea how hard it was to keep you in this." She stood. "Now go shower. For someone that

on my chest. "That hurts." She laughed again

your hairy ass

in the morning." I called as I walked into the washroom. I turned the water as hot as

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26 BONUS

Chapter 258