“She’s going into heat,” Luca said, voice low. “Once it hits, she’ll throw herself at us. First heat, first time… she’ll lose control. Later, she might be embarrassed but not with this deal. She can blame us. No shame. Just her keeping her word.”
I stumbled back, landing on the bed, yanking the blankets over me.
Was he serious? Would my heat really make me… want them? My mind spun. Lucien had warned about alphas around unmated females in heat but maybe he hadn’t been talking about them. Maybe he meant me.
I thought of the Bloodfang pack. I’d never seen an unmated female in heat before. Only mated women… twitchy, restless, sometimes embarrassed afterward.
“s**t,” I whispered, heart thudding.
Maybe Luca was right. With this deal, I could give in to every desire, every craving, for five
