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It felt right when Leeson taught me how to cook in the kitchen even though I burned two grilled cheeses before I got it just right. It felt right the way Silas was becoming more and more comfortable with me until one evening we were slowly swaying, like dancing, in the kitchen while the others were getting showers in the two bathrooms after they came home from practice, and it felt like we were the only two in the world.
Pack dinners. Plans were being set and being checked in with me even as I started to realize that I was falling behind in my classes again since not working ahead like I always did, and I was okay with that. The guys promised me that they were too, willing to do whatever I needed to make sure that I was okay, whether that included school or not. I was pretty sure it did insome way, but I was figuring it out and felt like I finally had the space to do so.
The love.
It was all just… It was a dream— one I was nervous to wake up from.
Especially when they treated me so well and woke me up with more than just kisses as my heat started to get closer and my body felt in a constant state of cool as a cucumber to boiling depths of want.
Coming down from another flare, Leeson was kissing up my neck, gently nipping from where we were laid out on the couch that I was certain someone was going to walk in on us at some point.
Bond. Bond.
Bite.
I held in the demand. “Leeson?”
“Yeah?” he asked.
“About my heat. I know you guys probably already assumed, but.” I took a deep breath. “I want you guys to help me through it. If you want to anyway.”
His lips parted into a wide smile. “We’d be honored to help you through your heat, Vera.”
I smiled. “Thanks. Also, I know that when you help an omega during a heat… a scent-matched heat…”
Understanding crossed over his face. “You don’t have to worry about that. We can handle it and ourselves. We won’t bond you. Not until you’re ready.”
Bond me.
“Okay.” We’d see.
Another week later, the boys continued to watch me closely as my flares dimmed and the final game before nationals was set to be played at home. They were skating like alphas on a mission and their team certainly took notice of how hard they were playing, even their coach who made it a mission to make sure I was sitting slightly closer to the ice, but still far enough away from the box that I wouldn’t be a complete distraction to his players.
I understood.
Standing up, I raised my hands into the air and cheered as VU scored another point. The crowd went wild. They only had one more period of the game left and they were wiping the floor—ice?—with this other team.
I chuckled as I moved to sit back down when I felt it. At first, I wasn’t sure. Like when you’re sick and a shiver rolled over your skin before turning into an icy sweat. I took a step back away from the ice, glancing up towards the rows of recruiters.
This can’t be happening.
Waving my hand in front of my face. I could just be worked up. I’d been so nervous the past few weeks about finishing off my assignments for the three classes I was still in even though I wasn’t sure what I was doing at the end of the semester, and my mood had been so up and down with everything happening…
Or with the comings of my pre-heat that made me crawl all three of those alphas on the ice for the past week like it was my personal after-school job.
Walking away from the ice. I paced in the atrium before I started to get a few stares. Yep, I was perfuming. It wasn’t bad yet though. I needed to get out of here, yet I left all my stuffdown in the locker room when I came in late with Leeson. Yeah, that would be fine. I’d get myself and get back to my dorm and somehow let them know where to find me when they were finished with the game.
My phone was down in the locker room, and I could text Jacob who was on the bench before I left at least so if he turned around and I wasn’t there, he wouldn’t worry either.
Heading in that direction, no one else would be around there now to witness as I slowly melt into a puddle of heat.
That part I wasn’t nervous about. I could handle it. I’d gotten through a heat alone and I knew that none of us had fully agreed that we’d all participate in my heat anyway when it happened, but?—
The pain of a cramp took me off guard. On the bottom step leading down into the locker room, I bent over at the waist. A cramp ripped through me. A whimper fell out of my lips. Luckily, the pain faded. It wasn’t so bad yet.
Oh, and then came another.
I needed to get out of here.
