NATALIA'S POV My eyes opened forcefully. My body was rapidly getting out of my control as my body's temperature rose dramatically. The presence of my mate, the closeness was a lot more powerful than I had anticipated and it totally rendered me helpless. It forced me into heat, making me thirst for the touch of my mate and my lower body groaned ecstatically. I quickly tightened my legs and let out a hungry moan. My eyes widened, and I quickly covered my mouth, regaining a little bit of my rationality as I turned my head away, trying to avoid his burning chest at all costs. "You... You must have smelled wrong. There's nothing strange about my scent," I replied hastily, trying to bury the hatchet, least I embraced him and asked for some activity. Lucian was silent for a while be

