Crossing the Forbidden Border ✔

9 | Just hold me

"So tell me about your date!" Alice excitedly asks over the phone. 

I'm currently in the middle of the forest talking to Alice about the date a few weeks ago, we've been trying to stay in touch as much as we could but we are both so busy. Her with worrying and preparing for her pup being almost here and with me becoming the Luna this pack needs. I left the apartment before William had woken up being barely 7:00 a.m. in the morning. 

"It was great, he was a perfect gentleman and now I got to experienced what you wanted me about Alphas possessiveness" I chuckle, I walk around the forest touching the trees along the way. 

"How did that happen?" I can notice the amusement in her voice.

"Well the waiter kept being flirty and totally ignoring William, I swear I thought that William was about going to kill the waiter" I laugh.

"How come he's alive" 

"I told him to leave among other things" 

"I bet William was pleased to hear you say that"

"Oh, he was" we both chuckle.

"Anything else happen?" I sigh before answering, I can't keep anything from her even if I tried.

"Two things... first, I showed him my eyes" I hear her gasp she knows how private and insecure about my eyes. 

"Do you mean your real wolfs eyes?"

"How did that go?" 

"Really good, he didn't freak out... he was intrigued and he called them beautiful" A blush came from remembering everything from that night.

"That's great! What was the second thing?" 

"Our first kiss" I hear her scream and I have to separate my phone from my ear laughing. 

"Are you for real and I'm just hearing about this now! How's that going then" 

"Great! He has been the greatest mate I could've asked for" she squeals.

"How about things over there?" I try not to ask about my parents straightforward.

"You mean how are your parents" I stay silent, she knows me too well. 

"They're okay, nothing changed" so it's like I never left, their lives don't change because of me, they could care less.

"Thanks for telling me"

All of a sudden I feel a sharp pain start at my stomach bur then move all over my body making the pain excruciating. 

"AMBER! WHAT'S GOING ON?!!" Alice yells over the phone, I'm on the ground on my knees holding onto my stomach for no specific reason since it hurts all over.

"H...hurts" I manage to croak out.

"HURTS WHERE?!" 

"Everywhere" I try to stand up grabbing the tree next to me for support. 

"Amber, have you been marked?" 

"No..." 

"You're going through a heat!" I remember Alice's mom explaining this to us when we were little, the moon goddess hates it when her mates don't get together so to make sure that happens once the mates lay eyes on each other if they are not marked by the first month then she makes the women go through heat which is an immense pain that only the male mate can take away by marking the women. 

The other downside to the heat is that because I'm not marked my wolf scent becomes stronger and intoxicated to unmated males which gives them the desire to mark me which could be a disaster because that would just make the rightful mate jealous and in pain. 

"H...How do I make it go away!" 

"You have to be with William" I nod forgetting that she can't see me.

"Call me later, go to him" she hangs up.

Good thing I came out early in the morning because almost everyone is sleeping just some warriors along the borders but I can't get near other men or William will get jealous and aggressive along with possessive because of the heat. 

In pain, I hurry to the pack house up the stairs to the apartment but as soon as I walk through the door the pain becomes worse making me fall on the floor.

"WILLIAM!" I scream as I groan in pain on the floor, he comes running into the living space. He panics when he sees me on the floor his eyes flick golden.

"AMBER!... What's wrong...it's the heat" he realizes and closes the door before lifting me and placing me in the bed he kisses my forehead before running to the bathroom and I hear him turning on the shower. 

He picks me up again after he comes back and walks me to the bathroom and then places me on the floor as I'm whining from the pain.

"I need you to go on the water it's cold so it will help but I'm going to have to go in with you to help ease the pain" I nod he has his hands on both my cheeks. "Do you want me to remove your clothes or can you do it?" 

"I can do it" he lets go of me as I start to take off my clothes leaving me in just undergarments I breathe trying to suppress the pain it grows with every movement. 

I walk over to the tub and stand on it as William follows and stands behind me. He sits down first and he grabs my legs telling me to go down and sit in between his. He wraps his arms around me as I rest on his chest already feeling the pain became more bearable. 

He kisses my shoulder as he whispers 'I'm here' over and over again and I rest my head on his shoulder. 

"How did you know to do this?" I asked frowning when another wave of pain came on but decreased quickly feeling his contact. 

"My mom taught me what to do a couple of years back to be ready when I found my mate" He kisses my cheek. I grab his arms that are around me pulling them closer to me. 

A few minutes pass and the pain begins again and the water is no longer cold it is boiling hot because of my body temperature. He stands up and grabs a towel handing it to me before he grabs another for himself. Being out of the water and away from William's embrace made the pain come back in full force making me stumble but he catches me before I can fall. 

Placing me back on the bed he hands me one of his shirt he asks me if it's okay if he gets me some undergarments that aren't wet I tell him that I don't mind and he comes back with them and hands them to me I quickly walk back to the bathroom with the clothes in hand and I struggle to change because of the pain. 

I go over back to the bad where he is currently laying and tells me to lay next to me, I curl up next to him and he wraps his arms around me once again. 

"What else can I do" he whispers I look up at him seeing the sadness in his eyes I raise my hand and caress his cheek.

"Just hold me" I whisper back and he pulls me closer to his chest.

"How long does this last?" I close my eyes hoping to ease the pain even though it already decreased by being back to his close proximity. 

"Mmm... maybe two to three days" I get closer to him and he holds me tight and kisses my head. 

"I hate seeing you like this, is there anything else I can do?" 

"No this is good" I instantly fall asleep.