last Hope

The Heat

Lily

I wake up after a while to Luca carrying me through the packhouse, most likely up to our room. “Luca?” 

    “Hey baby, it’s OK. I’m just taking you up to the room.” 

    “What time is it?” I cuddle deeper into his chest as I ask this, loving his warmth and the feeling of being protected surrounding me. 

He smells so good. I think to myself.

    “About 3 A.M.” 

    “Hmm” Is all I can get out as we reach the room and he sets me down on the bed. 

    “Baby, I know you probably don’t want to, but you should change before you go back to sleep.” I groan and turn over, burying myself in the pillows and comforters. 

    “Or I could change you myself.” I open my eyes wide after a few seconds, all of a sudden realizing what he just said. 

    “Just give me your shirt and I’ll go change.” I hold out my hand and hear him moving around and fabric rustling, him handing me his shirt a few seconds later. 

I get up and go into the bathroom, taking the skirt and flowy shirt off when I get inside and throw his dress shirt on as a replacement. He’s a lot taller than me, so what is a normal sized shirt on him reaches almost to my knees. 

When I come back out he’s already laying in bed waiting for me. He looks up and down my body, his eyes altering between their normal deep sea blue and a dark marble black. Then I hear a low, husky growl vibrate deep in his chest. 

“Babe, what’s wrong.” He looks more attractive and smells sweeter than usual, but I’m trying not to get distracted. Molly on the other hand, is practically drooling at the sight of him. 

“Come here.” He calls me over to him in a low, intimidating voice and I can’t help but obey him. 

He pulls me on top of him and buries his face in my hair, inhaling my scent. “Am I scaring you?” He asks.

His question catches me off guard a bit, but I answer honestly. “Of course not, I know you would never hurt me.” 

He blows a hot breath on my mark and causes me to shudder as waves of pleasure go throughout my body. “What’s wrong, you aren’t normally this forward?” I ask, my voice a bit strained. 

“Maybe, but you aren’t normally in heat.” 

Oh s**t. I didn't even realize I had started my heat. 

‘Thanks for the warning Molly.’ I say sarcastically to her. 

‘I didn’t realize either.’ That’s weird. 

‘Then what happened?’ I ask, a bit confused. 

‘I’m not sure. It just came on all of a sudden.’ 

*Time Out*

    OK, so every Werewolf has a time every month, or even every few months when they will go into either a rut or a heat. A heat is basically when a female Werewolf goes on their period. But, this does virtually the opposite of a period. It causes any unmated males near the female to go into a frenzy to try and mate them, especially Alphas. They are very fragile and emotional and their mate, if they have one, has to stay by their side. This could go on for up to eight days or until their mate 'satisfies' them.

A rut is what the males go though. It's pretty much the same thing only they are a lot more aggressive and protective. The only person than can be near them is their mate, if they have one, and if they aren't they go through a lot more pain and get even angrier. 

Normally there are pills that subside the effects of their heat or rut but, because I forgot about it, I don’t have any. However, because Luca has already marked me he should be the only male affected by it. This is a good thing because it’s mainly unmated Werewolves that live in the pack house along with the Alphas. 

*TIme In*

I hear Luca growl again, shaking me from the closeness. “I’m sorry Luca, I don’t know what triggered it.” I try to get off of him but he just pulls me closer. I guess I forgot to mention that the females mate gets very protective and needs constant physical contact in order to feel like his female is safe. 

“Don’t go. I can control myself.” His voice is clipped and strained as he says this. 

I’m so sorry Luca. I think to myself. 

“Do you have any heat pills?” He asks after a minute of labored breathing. 

“No, I completely forgot about my heat. I’m sorry.” It’s nearly impossible to stay away from a female in heat, especially if its your mate, so I can only imagine how hard it is for him right now. 

Luca starts to pant harder and harder as he fights his wolf back and continues to breath in my scent. 

“Luca?” I say his name as I play with the hair. 

He doesn’t answer. 

“Luca, it’s OK. I trust you.” He lifts his head up, his eyes pitch black, and looks deep into my eyes, which are probably just as black as his. 

He’s panting with his voice low and raspy as he asks me a question. “Do you know what you're agreeing to?” 

“Of course I know what I’m agreeing to. We both knew this was going to happen sooner or later, and I know you would never hurt me.” While answering his question I wrap my arms around his neck and try to get closer to him. 

He quickly switches our positions so that he is hovering just above my body, being careful not to put his weight on me. 

“Are you sure?” I can see the hesitation in his eyes as he asks for my permission once again. 

    “I’m sure.” I don’t have a doubt in my mind. I love him, and I know he loves me too. He has always been my best friend and he always will be. 

    He slowly starts to unbutton the shirt I have on, his eyes getting even darker if possible. He starts to lower his body as he brings us closer and closer. 

    He then proceeds to take off the little clothing we have left on and starts kissing me, the familiar tingles spreading across my whole body in waves. He starts at my lips and begins moving down further and further, going from my neck to my lower abdomen. He pauses at the new scar from when I was kidn*pped and softly runs his fingers over the disfigured skin, leaving a trail of fire every time our skin comes into contact. He then works his way back up to my lips. We continue to go further and further, and get closer and closer throughout the night, going through new experiences and feelings together and finally completing the mate bond between us. 

Luckily, it's enough to subside my heat and I'm back to normal.

-

    The next morning Luca and I are laying in eachothers arms, happy beyond belief and feeling closer than ever. Of course, like everything else, this too didn't last long. 

    We get out of bed after a little bit and go to take a shower. And no, not together despite him acting like a pouty puppy over it. Anyways, we go down stairs after a couple of hours to try and find the boys to tell them the good news. What we find is something entirely different though. And not in a good way. 

    “Dad?” 

    Luca pushes me behind his back protectively and starts to growl at the man in front of us. He is being held by a few of the stronger males in the pack. Uncle Liam stares him down with a deadly glare as the men keep a tight grip on him. But he wasn’t fighting against them, he was just standing there taking the glares of everyone around him. 

“What’s going on?” I ask, looking to Luca then to the Alpha for answers. 

Nothing is said. 

After a moment of silence someone speaks up. “Your dad wants a chance to talk and explain his behavior.” 

I look to the person who said this. 

Alpha Liam. 

“What?” They want me to give that monster another chance. What do they know, they didn't have to put up with his abuse for years. Molly grunts in agreement, irritation obvious in her body language. 

“Lily, I think we should give him a chance to explain.” It was the Alpha who spoke up again. 

I can’t believe this. But I have no other choice than to listen to him. I might think of him as family, but he is still the Alpha. 

‘This sucks,’ I tell Molly.