TESSA My self-restraint has always been extraordinary. The moment I found that Rowan was my mate was also the start of my gruelling heat cycles. I experienced my own urges and along with that was the consuming need to be f****d. It was an illness, really. Because I knew at that point that Rowan was with somebody else. It was difficult at first. However, as time passed by, I learned how to control myself. So, even when the desire was so intense, I could hold back. However, with Rowan in front of me, I couldn’t seem to control myself at all. I felt myself growing hotter and hotter underneath his touch. Once our bodies made contact, the heat didn’t dissipate. Instead, it increased a hundredfold, burning the two of us alive. He spread my thighs wide. I couldn’t help but tremble. My

