Chapter 068

I wake up gasping.

The sheets are tangled around my legs, my skin slick with sweat that feels almost feverish. The air in my room is thick too hot, too heavy, like the walls themselves are pulsing with every shallow breath I take.

Something’s wrong. Or maybe not wrong different. But different in a good way, in a needy way.

The scent hits me first. My own. It’s unfamiliar warmer, sweeter, thick like crushed petals and honey. I can feel it bleeding into the air, escaping me, curling under the door. My pulse races as my wolf stirs, restless beneath my skin.

Storm? I call, my voice trembling.

Her answer comes slow, almost purring. “You’re in heat, Rain.”

The words drop through me like a spark into dry leaves.

I press my palms against the bedframe, trying to breathe, but my body isn’t listening. Every sense feels sharper, the brush of the sheets, the faint morning light spilling through the window, the way my own heartbeat throbs between my thighs. It’s unbearable, wild.

“Make it stop, pl