Ivan
In my time as a soldier, and during my early reign as an Alpha, enemies captured, interrogated, and tortured me. Nothing will ever erase those nightmares, but tonight is joining those dark moments.
You wouldn't think a heat could mess with you so much, but that's because most people don't fight it.
I've seen extreme acts of passion during someone's heat, but it's never affected me or others before.
Nefra's body was screaming, and the only thing stopping me from acting on it was a lifetime of taught control.
It wasn't just that I wanted her; it was that my body thought I'd die if I didn't mate her.
How was this even happening?
Heats were a post-claiming event. Something you laughed about between friends and smirked with your mate, because, as crazy as it could get, it was fun and brought you closer.
This was premature and blindsided us. Most couples dealt with heats six months after claiming, never before.
