#Chapter 90 – Memories

Jane

As I zoom back across town, retracing the steps I took mere hours ago when I first ran to Linda’s, my mind drifts to the past. The clenching pain in my pelvis is

blinding now, and the only refuge left to

me is the world in my head. My memories

swirl around me in a familiar fog, but one

day stands out from the rest.

I was eighteen, newly married and

supporting Ethan at one of the most

difficult times in his life. The day after his

father’s funeral I truly believed I was

coming down with my period, and

though Ethan offered to stay home with

me, I told him to go to work anyway. It

was too important, he was the new Alpha

and he had to seem like he was up for the

job from day one.

“Are you sure?” He asked me, leaning over my prone body on the bed, his brow furrowed in concern.

“Go on, I’ll be fine.” I promised, leaning up on my elbow to kiss him goodbye, “I just need to take some painkillers and try

to rest.”

“Only if you’re sure.” He frowned,

kissing me again, then bending his head to kiss my fresh claiming mark. “I’ll see you tonight. Just call if you need anything.”

“Good luck, Alpha.” I teased, though some of our old joke had died away now that the title actually belonged to him. I couldn’t taunt him about not being in power yet, and every mention of the word was a reminder that his father was gone.

After he left I curled up and tried to nap, but before long my mind started to drift

to my new husband. He’d worn me out

over the last few days, and my body was deliciously sore. I never dreamed how

much pleasure was possible with one’s mate. Everything he’d shown me before we eloped felt wonderful, but it was so different to actually have him inside me,

claiming my very soul.

The more I thought about it, the hotter I

became, my most intimate parts surging

to life and swelling with blood, demanding attention from my mate. At first I reached down to the apex of my

thighs, alarmed by the gravity of the need

and desperate

helped. I

impact me.

I figured out what was happening to me. I needed Ethan, my

touch, and even my

the horrible ache between my legs.

disturbing him when he probably wasn’t even to the office yet, but beyond all thought or reason. Deciding to text instead of

I suspected he’d been staring at his phone, The typical work

get away a little early if

was wrong with me, I truly believed I would die if I didn’t get rutted soon. Had marriage corrupted me so completely? So quickly?

I was going half crazy with desire? Normal people couldn’t possibly exist this way – they’d never get anything done! When I didn’t respond promptly, Ethan send another message.

Are you okay?

crisis. Ethan was working on

encouraging me to tell

liked,

aloud, but I wasn’t there yet. I didn’t have the first clue how to convey what I needed from him without

come home when he’d barely started his first day as Alpha, but I honestly couldn’t abide the thought of waiting until

dizzily.

everything okay? He asked

again.

to see you. I explained,

bed and pulling on some

proper clothes.

stumbled my way downstairs and hopped into the first cab I could flag down. The driver was a beta, and seemed slightly star-struck to suddenly have the new Luna as a passenger. He

pack headquarters,” I whimpered.

during our wild ride through the city streets that

overwhelmed with raw, animal lust, now it was blending with the most terrible pain. I’ve never felt so empty, and

my driver.

wrong?” He asked, eyeing me

I cried, trying to curl up on the back seat. “I… I think I’m

need Ethan.”

scented the air and then,

“Oh dear, poor child. Did no one ever explain it

gasped, tears streaming from

my eyes.

gone into heat, little Luna.” He told me softly, “you won’t be

time soon.”

color. No one had ever explained it to me, then again, they might not have known. My

all the women in my life were

This wasn’t a problem they had to

all these strange

and submission it

the rare domain of

omegas.

arrived at the

driver made me stay in the car. “You don’t want anyone but your mate to smell you.” He

cryptically.

I asked nervously.

let him explain that

“just stay here.”

once I actually did what

it wasn’t because I had any

simply because

much pain to move. I’d

heat is always the worst,

part because it

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