The Strong Alpha

13. You'll Have a Week to Mate

A couple weeks have gone by and James and I have grown very close. He's done all his duties over phone so he didn't have to leave. We spent almost every day together to get to know each other.

I wake up to a strong throbbing covering my whole body, my head the most though. I groan and roll onto my side and curl into a ball. I press my palms to my temples to help relieve the migraine, to no avail. I let out an accidental whimper as a single tear slides down my face and lands on my arm. "James," I plead almost silent as I grimace in pain. As if by instinct, James sits up into a sitting position and looks around with a frantic look in his eyes. Once his eyes fall on me they widen and he goes into panic mode. His hand flies to my curled up back which sends instant relief throughout my body. Not enough to stop the pain but enough to make it a dull throb. "My body is aching. It's like a headache but covering my entire body," I whimper through the pain. "Call for my Father, now," I command. He pulls his eyebrows together with concern covering his face. Instead of screaming for him though, he mind-links him.

"Juni, what's the matter?" Father asks as he comes into my room and stops when he sees me. "Oh, Juni," Father sighs and comes to my my bed and sits beside me. "I had a feeling you guys hadn't mated yet. I know how anal Juniper is about that," He mumbles. His eyes flick across my neck, checking for something. "You haven't marked her either," he says and lets out an exasperated sigh. "Juniper listen to me ok? I need your attention for this. You guys met a month ago and you haven't mated or marked each other yet. You've gone into heat. Unfortunately, you're going to stay in heat until he marks you. Once he marks you, you have a week to mate before you'll go back into heat until you do mate. Even more unfortunately, it's said that the second time of heat is more torturous. There are some cases where women haven't survived from their second heat," Father says and trails off at the end.

"Is there anything I can do to make the pain more mild?" my plead almost silent. "There is medication, but it can't be a permanent fix Juni. If you're on the medication for too long, your body will start wearing down. As much as I hate to say it, you have to mate soon Sweetheart," he whispers the last part and rests his hand on my arm. He immediately removes it and I let out a low growl from the burning sensation his hand let off. "I'm sorry Juni, I forgot that was a side effect," he mumbles in a quiet, sheepish voice. "Alright, let's head to the pack doctor and get you fixed up for the time being," he states and gets up, leaving my room. "Baby, this is going to hurt for a second but I'm going to need you to move fast once I get up," he says in a soft voice. I give him a soft nod before he lets go of my body. I let out a loud howl of pain and open my eyes to see him standing beside my bed. I move fast to jump on his chest and wrap my legs around his waist. This removes most of the pain in and instant. He moves out of my room and down the stairs to the front door. Once we get in Father's car, he starts driving to the pack doctor. We reach the glamorous building in a short time and we all head inside.

They get us a room as soon as we walk in and we go to it, James sits down in a chair with me in his lap and we wait for the doctor. An older man in his mid 40's, early 50's comes in. He checks everything about my health, making sure not to touch his skin to me for obvious reasons. "As you should know Alpha, you're in heat. Is seems to be a bit more severe than I usually find in here. That's because there's a lot more to you than most of the females in our pack," he adds with a chuckle. This comment earns a low growl from James. This makes his laugh again and turn around to his computer. "Don't worry Alpha, I have no interest in your mate. I have my own," he says with a genuine smile. "Anyway, I'm going to prescribe you some pain medication Juniper. But you have to promise me that you won't use them for too long. I'm sure your father already explained the side effects so I'll spare you the details. Know that it can be fatal after 6 months. Understood?" he lectures me and I let myself move enough to nod.

The doctor leaves the room and comes back with a bottle of pills. "Take one every morning when you wake up. You shouldn't need more than one in a day and don't try to take more than one either. You'll have to come back in 28 days, or four weeks, for a new bottle," he instructs and hands me the bottle. Again, he refrains from making skin contact which I'm very grateful for. Once we sign paperwork at the front desk and pay for the medication, we go back home. Instead of going inside, James carries me to his truck and climbs in the driver's seat. He moves me across the middle and to the passengers seat. He rests his hand on my leg to keep the contact and starts driving into town. When we get there I'm shocked to see up pull up outside the diner we went to when we first met.

He turns his truck off and leaves my side. By the time he's come around the truck to my side, the pain has lessened to a soft thud. He opens the door to see me smile and ties his eyebrows together in confusion. "How are you smiling?" he asks, confused. "The medicine kicked in. There's still a small amount of pain but I can definitely handle it," I say and lean forward to kiss him. I still feel the sparks I felt when I first kissed him. He nods his head and holds my hand as I get out of his truck. We head inside and find a small booth table to sit at and sit side by side. After about 10 minutes, we get what we ordered and start digging in, between small talk.

Around 8:30 at night, we finish eating and pay and head home. When we do get home, I head upstairs and strip out of my sweat pants and my tank top and wait for James. Once he reaches my room he takes off his pants and shirt and toss them in my clothes hamper. He crawls into my bed in his boxers and curls up under the blanket. I walk over to my hamper and pull his shirt on and slip it over my body. I plug in both of our phones and walk to my door, shutting it and turning my light off. I follow suit of James and crawl into bed and shimmy under the blanket. I move around until I'm in his warm arms where I lay until I fall asleep.

A.N.

Hey guys, I wanted to give credit to a new friend I made that had a really good idea. Her book gave me the idea of the heat that Juniper is in and I wanted to give a special thanks to her for letting me use her idea. You should all go check out her book "I Call the Alpha Daddy". It's amazing, I can't stop reading it lol