Untouchable by Marii Solaria

Chapter 57 – The Heat (Part 1)

“Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.“–C. Kennedy

[Content Warning: This chapter will have mentions of sexual abuse. Reader discretion is advised.)

Kiya

The Heat.

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A dastardly condition that inflicts female wolves. During a she–wolf’s heat, she had an uncontrollable desire to mate. She becomes an aggressive, horny machine desperate for sex. Her body heat rises exponentially to prepare for insemination. Her scent, now a thousand times more potent, becomes a seductive enchantment meant to seduce and lure. It sends a spellbinding message to unmated wolves, enticing their animalistic instincts. A she–wolf in heat is fertile, the chances of pregnancy taking place are extraordinarily high. However, in lycanthropes, the heat occurs when mates were close to each other weeks after their established bond.

I avoided the heat because of not only the rejected band but being miles away from my bastard of a mate. Now, things were changing. The rejection was reversed, and I was closer to Neron than ever before. The heat finally caught up to me, combusting dozens of flames in my body. At twenty–two, I was going through my first

heat.

And it burns!

My nails pierced the skin of my chest as more pain shot through, directly hitting my heart. One hand on the ground serves as my only support as I gasp for air. Behind my eyes, Artemis writhes and whimpers in pain. The heat is pulling us further into a sea of scorching red. Behind me, Raina holds onto my shoulders, lear mixing with her scent. Her touch made me painfully aware of my increased sensitivity, the smallest of touches could erupt a volcano of agony underneath my flesh.

Because it wasn’t the touch of my mate.

“Make it stop!” I cried, tears stinging my eyes. “Oh Goddess, make it stop!”

“I need to get you inside, sis,” Raina’s voice volume was ear splitting, despite being a whisper. I wanted to be alone, away from everyone so the heat could go away. But I knew it wouldn’t.

The key to crush the heat is for my mate to touch me. Him to be intimate with me. The pain would only disappear if we complete the overdue mating process. The very thought of having sex with Neron made me want to tear my hair out! I couldn’t do that! I don’t want that! That’s a line I wasn’t ready to cross!

With anyone!

Multiple growls erupted from behind us. I didn’t need to look to know what was happening. My scent was drawing the unmated wolves in. In an instant, the heat turned me from a mighty Delta to an attractive chew toy. No unmated male could resist the scent of an unmated female in heat.

“Stay the hell away from my sister!” Raina shouted, scooping my smoldering body in her arms. I didn’t have the strength to resist because all my energy is zapped from my limbs. From the slits of my eyelids, I spot about a dozen men advancing towards us, eyes murky, afire with desire. My sister clutched me closer to her chest, my nose forcibly inhaling her scent of lavender and chamomile.

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Please, please don’t let those men touch me!

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Abruptly, a powerful growl resounded in the air and Jackie rushed in front of us. She used her tall body as a shield from the advancing beasts. “Control yourselves, men! If any of you touch her, I will gut you from where you stand!” She turned her head to us. “Go!”

Raina took off, the air whipping against my boiling flesh. It stung terribly, a whimper escaping my mouth. I opened my eyes more to see some men breaking from the group, running after us. They didn’t get far with Galen’s yellowish–gray wolf barreling into them, knocking them to the ground. Sapphire did her best to deter the other men away from us with Isaiah and Darien. Abigail opened the door to the packhouse, following us to my room.

As my sister placed me on my bed, I screamed. Too much pain! Too many sensations at once! My claws elongated, tearing at my armor and clothes, shedding them into useless strips of cloth.

“Kiya, no!” She grabbed my hands. “I–I know it’s bad, but I’m here to help you. We need to get your temperature down.”

“It hurts…” I sobbed. Like bullets, the pain whizzed from every nerve, merciless. My mind was hazy with pain and desire, infuriating the fire pooling in my core. Why did this have to happen now? Why did I have to be at the mercy of this developmental malfunction?

I don’t want sex. I don’t want to mate. My heat was punishing me!

as I struggled against Raina’s grip. I needed the rest of my

kitchen

My friend asked,

in her body. The only way to stop the heat completely is if

get it. I’ll be right

work to remove every article of shredded clothing off my body. I even tossed my selenite necklace away from me. Raina locked the door, hoping the wooden barrier would be enough to stop the men’s pursuit.

She whispered, kneeling on the floor. “I can’t stand to see

shutting my eyes. “W–why

in the game, so the heat is making up for the lost time.” She took my

heat how you got pregnant with Adonis?” I

come with this insanity. The way I saw the men look at me, like

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were full of burning hunger and lust with the desire to claim and conquer me. The yearning to have me underneath their bodies, to plant their calamitous seeds in my womb. I couldn’t blame them for their 02:5: wolfish instincts,

was supposed to love. Another man took advantage of my vulnerability and used

raped me in that cell when I was fourteen and it became routine for the next three years. It only stopped when I escaped. He took away my autonomy. He took

shame. No one knows about that part of my abuse except my therapist. I couldn’t bring myself to admit that I was violated underneath the floors of

I could see the imprints of that guard’s pedophilic hands on my flesh.

I begged, my eyes staring in hers. “Don’t let anyone touch me! I–I can’t…I don’t want to be mated to anyone…not even

those chestnut eyes. It differed from the evil I remembered.

so strange. I don’t know how to

anyone near you unless you ask me to, sis.” She assured, her voice

helped, despite the ice cubes melting on contact with my skin. The Omegas brought in more bags of ice to set in the bathroom for more ice baths. The heat lasts three days, so

1. me.

air conditioner to full blast, turning my bedroom into an icebox. I wish I could say it helped, but I still felt like an inferno with a light blanket covering my bare essentials. The heat zapped the energy out of me, so I laid on my

But I can’t.” Darien whispered through the mind–link, saddened. “I

mate. He is just as susceptible to my heat scent like any other. He

a bowl of ice cream in his other hand. My eyes darted to the mate mark on his neck, deeming him safe to be around. I didn’t have the joy to celebrate the completion of his mate bond because my heat zapped all other emotions out of me. “I don’t know if this will work, but it works for human kids with

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but it’ll do. Like the mother hen he was, he began spoon–feeding me large helpings of the icy treat. Sugar was

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scent?” Abigail asked Sapphire

Her scent is a thousand times more potent now. I’ll need to make another solution for this occasion, but

Anti–Spray?” Raina inquired while wiping the sweat

spray we used to disguise our scents. Handy for patrols and missions. My family and I made it.” Sapphire answered, grinning with pride. “However, the original formula doesn’t take account for the

groaned, leaning against the bathroom door. “We’ll need to bat away every unmated male from her room or else they’ll catch a

we forgetting something?” Galen fed me another

“What?”

Alpha. How are we going to keep Neron

open to reveal a very disheveled Neron- unkempt hair, wrinkled clothing, and eyes blacker than sea trenches. I went still, staring at him like a deer caught in headlights. Everybody held their breaths, waiting for his next move. Some ice cream dribbled from the corner

on me,

“MINE!”

loose when

Neron

need her! I want her!

is mine, and no one is going to stop me from having her!

surged through my veins, lengthening my claws. They ache to tear him apart for being near my mate

her bed. I growled and thrashed against Raina and Beta Jacqueline, angry

Alpha!” Jacqueline demanded.

Beta women away from me. Kiya shot up from her

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