The heat

-Eve POV-

Oh my gosh, I feel terrible today. Restless and a bit ‘off’..
“Owen, I’m not sure what to do. I don’t feel good today. Ugh… Will you do something for me, please?” I try to ask him with the cutest smile I’ve got.

“First of all: you know I’m not falling for your avances, miss Eve. I’m, you know, not into girls… Secondly: the last time I did you a favor didn’t end well, right?”

It’s true. The last time I asked him to do something for me was to arrange me a conversation with his Alpha, my grandfather. Alpha Talon went mad on Owen for asking him. Talon said he was only willing to talk with me on his time or when I was kind of dying or something. I sigh.

“Alright, alright. I’ll give you that. But, please Owen. I’m craving for chocolate and soda. I feel hot and tired. Do I have a fever? Can you check for me, please?” I’m not sure if he believes it, but I really, really am feeling sick.

Owen walks over to Eve and feels her skin, she is hot indeed. He frowns his forehead and says: “I believe you, miss Eve. I think you do have a fever. I’ll tell Alpha Talon and the medical staff, I’ll be right b…”

“NO! Don’t leave me please, I don’t want to be alone. You’re my only friend out here, please don’t go..” Eve says to Owen. After she interrupts Owen, she starts mumbling unrecognizable words.

“I’m worried now, miss Eve. I need to get somebody to check on you. I can’t do this on my own. I’m just a nurse..”

Eve sits up in her bed, growls and stares at Owen: “The only thing I need right now, is chocolate and soda. Hurry!”

Owen rushes out of the room to get her the things she asked for.

What is going on? I thought wolves can’t get sick? If I only could get contact with my wolf. She’s ignoring me for almost four years now, it doesn’t matter how much I’ve tried to talk to her. She just wouldn’t listen. Well, it can’t get worse, is it?

*Wolf? Wolfie? Cowgirl? Ball of fur? Anybody? I just want to talk to you.. I need you. I’m so sorry for what I did four years ago, but I didn’t know. I didn’t know it was normal to feel you. I - I was just scared, you know?*

I sigh. This is not going to work. It’s like talking to a wall, I can’t even feel her. I just feel this horrible hot and almost painful feeling. It’s like my skin is on fire. My stomach is hurting too.

I hear a knock on the door and Owen and another guy is coming into my room. “I was not sure what you wanted, so I brought you all kind of chocolate food and soda drinks. I brought the chef to explain what everything is called. I was not able to memorize all the names of the food.” Owen says to Eve.

I look to the chef, he just stands there, staring at me. Then a growl leaves his body and it looks like he’s getting out of control. “Hey you - you little candy over there. You smell nice and warm. Let me take care of that…” The guy starts walking over to me.

“Oh no, I’m not sure what you’re trying to do, chef. But if you touch me, I’ll bite your head off. Owen, what is he doing? OWEN!!” I yell to my friend.

“Oh damn, ohh fucking hell. NICK! Stop, NOW!” Owen yells to Nick with everything he has. I see Nick is hesitating. “But, but, look at her. See needs me!” Chef Nick answers him while he points to Eve.

“No, she doesn’t need YOU, you dickhead. She needs her mate. And I bet she doesn’t know who he is. Get your ass over here, or I’ll call the Alpha and let him know you’ve tried to take his granddaughter in this hospital room.”

Nick takes a last glare at Eve and starts walking back at the door. “I guess I can better leave now, you can eat the food. If you don’t like any, just sent them back.”

“What the hell was that?” I ask Owen..

“Well darling. I’ve good and bad news.. The bad news is: you’re gonna feel even more terrible in the next 72 hours. The good news is: I know what’s going on.”

“.... I’m waiting! Explain..”

Owen explains: “You’re in heat. That’s what’s going on.”

“In heat? What the hell is that?” I asked confused.

“You don’t know? Didn’t have you ‘the chat’ with your mom? About, well.. what happens when a boy and a girl likes each other, how babies are made and stuff..?”

I roll my eyes.. “I know that when I’m bleeding, it means I can have children. Mom told me about that a bit. About how a guy comes in the woman and leaves his seeds in her stomach. But no, nothing more. Is there anything I should know then? You know I’m supposed to be twelve, right? I didn’t know I’m actually fifteen or needed to know more at all..”

“The woman and guy thing, you know that’s called sex, right?” Owen asks Eve with some hesitation is his voice.

“Eeeewww, is thát sex? Oh my gosh.. I didn’t know..” I’m completely shocked right now. How could I know? Why didn’t mom told me before? Oh, I feel so stupid..

“Miss Eve? It’s not only that.. In heat means your body is trying to tell you it wants to make love to somebody. Well, to one person specifically: your mate. And only he can make you feel better.”

I hear Owen explaining all those things and I feel numb. What the hell is he saying?

“So, if I understood correctly, my body wants to fuck around right now. With my mate. And for what reason again…?

“The Moon Goddess made an insurance. Every she-wolf who turned sixteen will go in heat, two times a year. Because only making love with her mate or husband will make her feel better, there are more changes to get pregnant. In this way, extinction will be less a problem.”

“Oh for real? I need to feel this terrible, only to make sure the werewolves can exist longer..? What the fuck? I hate the Moon Goddess right now, I bet she isn’t going in heat at all..”

I’m really pissed off right now. This is awful! But wait..

“You said, every woman who turned sixteen? Am I already sixteen than? What date is it, Owen?”

Owen looks at his watch and answers: “It’s the third of november, why?”

“Oh my Gosh.. It’s my birthday, today.” I can’t believe it. The Moon Goddess needed to let me go in heat on my freaking birthday?

Owen stares at me with a shocked face. “Today? That can’t be! We’ve been told your birthday is in december. How..?”

“I was born early, the third of november is my birthday.” I explain to him.

“Alpha Talon needs to know, miss Eve. I can’t hide this for him. You understand that, right?”

I look at his face. I know he needs to tell him. But I want information first.

“You can tell him, but first you need to tell me everything you know. About the heat, sex and boys. Besides, you didn’t explain to me why chef Nick almost fucked me, here in this room.”

“Really? You don’t know anything about love making or things like the heat, but you do know the bad words of it?” Owen shakes his head.

“Well, I haven’t been living under a rock, you know. But, do you promise?”

Owen lets out a big sigh. “Alright, I’ll tell everything you need to know - and I can tell Alpha Talon about your heat and birthday.”

“Deal.”