Chapter 17: Trouble? ARIEL’S POV ~Three days later I woke up with a strange sensation between my thighs. My whole body felt overly sensitive... and I had this overwhelming urge to touch myself, to feel something—anything—that would bring relief. My senses were so heightened, I could hear a single droplet of water hit the floor in the bathroom. My eyes widened as realization hit me. I was on heat. Wolves experience heat twice a year, lasting about four days each time. The first day is often the most intense, with heightened s****l desire and a high chance of pregnancy. A tight lump formed in my throat, cold sweat breaking across my skin as the need clawed deeper inside me. How was I going to concentrate with work today? I turned on my new phone. 6:30 a.m. I still had thirty minutes

