095 - Althea's Heat

ALTHEA.

My body was still shaking as I moved to the backseat of the car. There was a car behind us with four people inside, and Dalton mentioned they were his men as well. Alpha Stone wanted to make sure we reached him in one piece, so he added extra security.

But I didn’t see or feel any threat. The problem was within me.

Blade told me in passing about heat, but I disregarded it. I wasn’t a shifter after all, so it shouldn’t be affecting me. But the moment the full moon peaked, the burn inside me began — slow and tolerable at first, but it kept getting worse. I was trying to quietly chant a spell to take out the stomach pains, but it wasn’t working, and now I was having a cold sweat.

I had no idea what to do anymore. My stomach was burning, but my core was worse — it was on fire! The thing was, only one person kept flashing through my mind.

Blade. But he was nowhere to be found.

I was relieved Dalton didn’t seem to notice anything. He just kept driving, but if this thing kept