My entire body felt like it was on fire. The heat was unbearable, and my mind was a whirlwind of confusion and desire. Diago and I had walked through the night, fleeing Big Joe's ranch with barely a plan beyond finding safety. I couldn't walk any further because now my heat was hitting me in waves.
We finally stopped along the road to try and hitch hick, it didn't help that we were in a place we barely knew.
Every second in the car was torture as my body burned with the fever of my heat, an all-consuming need that I couldn't escape. My core ached all I needed was relief.
"We need to find a place to stop," Diago said, his voice strained with worry. "You're getting worse."
“Is she okay?”, the man who had given us a ride asked I was glad he was human otherwise he would be fighting Diago t
