Hayley POV "So, you wanted to stay there because you were in heat?" I ask Leila again, as I try to wrap my head around why she had wanted to clear out of the packhouse for the last few nights. "Yes, even though I'm taking this horrendous herbal tea to mask the scent, it won't hide it completely. I'd have to have stayed locked in my room to avoid all of them trying to hump me." She jokes. "They're all afraid to go near me the rest of the time, but the heat would them brave, horny, and stupid." "It doesn't seem like the worst problem to have!" I laugh, thinking of how the shifter genetics seem to make them all gorgeous compared to the rest of us mere mortals. "What would happen if you didn't take the herbs?" I ask, finding the whole thing completely fascinating. "Well, given I'd be horny as hell too, I'd probably have days of hot sex with whichever determined shifter took my fancy," she shrugs, her cheeks pink up with embarrassment at the thought of it.
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