Abi and Auntie had me sitting in the bath, with cold water running over me.
I could practically hear the sizzling of my skin with each drop of water.
I rolled my head back and let the water drip against my face.
I had been through almost all of the stages of a heat.
Stage one was starting to feel warm.
Stage two was a slight change in scent.
Stage three is when the burning starts.
Stage four was the cramping.
Stage five is the bleeding and pheromones.
Stage six... well Stage six is the savage stage.
Stage six is when you become so desperate for relief that all common sense and knowledge disappears.
You do whatever you have to do to make it all go away.
You turn savage for relief.
Something in my demeanour must have changed because Abi had instructed Auntie that it was time she
