I rolled over and placed a hand on Nico’s cheek. “It’s okay. I wanted it. Don’t feel bad.”
He exhaled heavily. “I know. I kinda thought we’d have a few days to get some heat suppressants, but I guess I was wrong.”
I’d heard about heat suppressants my whole life. It was a special drug female shifters took when their heat was coming on. The combination of herbal and synthetic ingredients helped tamp down the urges. After feeling what I’d experienced, it was a good thing they were readily available. Otherwise, female shifters would have been humping out in the streets. The need was so strong, I didn’t think anything could have stopped me.Nothing.
“Let me go get Gabriella. She’s a doctor. I want her to make sure you’re okay.”
“Uh… okay. I guess,” I said.
Nico and I both put on robes, and then he vanished to go down to the room Gabriella had been staying in. Theyreappeared about five minutes later. Gabriella looked like she was still half asleep.
“Maddy? How are you feeling?” she asked as she sat next to me.
I thought about that for a second. “Umm… well… uh.”
“Horny as hell?” she asked bluntly.
Heat rushed into my cheeks, but I nodded, unable to meet her eyes. Gabriella sighed, then pulled a thermometer out of the pocket of her robe and pressed it against my forehead. After checking that, she took my wrist in her hand, pressing her forefinger against my pulse. A few more checks and she was done.
“She’s in heat,” Gabriella said. “It’s already fully manifested. Suppressants won’t do anything now. She’ll have to ride it out.”
“What does that entail?” I asked.
Gabriella gave me an embarrassed smile. “Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you and your mate get to… um…enjoyeach other. A lot. The bad news is it could last anywhere from two to five days.”
“Five days?” I asked, mouth agape.
The desire I’d had when waking had been more than I could handle. It had been like my conscious mind had vanished, replaced by nothing but the Id—my instinctual desires—of my mind. Only wanting to fulfill whatever urges might flash across my mind. I couldn’t imagine enduring a week of that.
“Up to five days. The average is three. It…” She glanced at Nico, then at me. “Well, it might get more intense before it subsides.” She looked uncomfortable. “I think I’ll stay at one of the empty guest houses for the next few days. The two of you will need some privacy.”
“Oh, Jesus,” I grumbled, covering my face with my hands.
Gabriella patted me on the shoulder. “Don’t be embarrassed. It happens to everyone at least once. Some women even chooseto totally forgo the suppressants and just… enjoy their time with their mate.”
She got up to leave, then turned back before walking out the door. “I’ll spread the word that everyone needs to stay away from the house for a few days.”
Nico locked the door behind her and turned to look at me. “I’m sorry. Like I said, I should have told you as soon as I suspected.”
I looked at him as I chewed at my lower lip. The now-familiar warmth started to radiate out of my stomach and pelvis. “Well, since you want to apologize for something, I think I know how you could make it up to me.”
Nico’s eyes widened in surprise. “Already?”
We had sex twice more that night, finally passing out from exhaustion near dawn. The next few days were interesting—to say the least. Was this how hormonal teenage boys felt? Like clockwork, every hour, I was ready to go again. When the urge came on, there was no holding off or waiting until later.
In the kitchen, Nico knelt on the floor and lapped at my pussy while I was bent over the sink. My cries of pleasure echoed through the empty house as his tongue assaulted me.
In the middle of lunch, I dropped my cutlery, pulled his cock out, and rode him right at the dining room table. I was the aggressor, taking him and satisfying my needs. There was very little guilt—my heat pushed those thoughts away.
In the shower, we experimented with anal. Feeling him fill me in a new and kinky way sent my head spinning. By the time we really got used to it, I was nearly losing my mind as his cock slid in and out of my ass. I came so hard that I collapsed to my knees while I recovered.
Over and over it went. After a day, it seemed like I was living in a porn movie. I didn’t feel ashamed or embarrassed, though. I had a need, one that was so instinctual that all I could do wasfollow it. I did start to pity Nico a bit. There was only so much the guy could do, and after a while, he had to revert to only oral or using his fingers because his cock was too fatigued to give me what I needed. Then every morning, once he was rested, I used his body again. It was sort of liberating. Taking control. It was something, as a woman, I don’t think I’d ever truly done. Not with sex, anyway.
Even though it was being forced on us by my heat, I still had the feeling that Nico and I were growing closer as it went on. Sex was an act of intimacy, and each time it bound us closer. As I demanded more of him every hour, he didn’t act like he was being forced or put out. If anything, he tried even harder to bring me to orgasm—working diligently to give me what my body needed, even as he exhausted himself. I fucking loved the man.
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