Chapter 101
Carolyn
I don’t think I’d ever been so nervous, as we waited for the Council to make a decision. Cody said the Alpha hadn’t told him much that he could share, except that they were going to make a decision after they went to the Godsend Pack tomorrow. He also said they planned to detain Wyatt, Jacob and Alpha Chris. In our dungeon. Knowing Wyatt was going to be so close to me, had my nerves on edge.
Cody and I walked back to our house after the Council had dismissed everyone. He had his arm wrapped tightly around me as we walked. I was sharing with him my concerns, and while he understood, he also said that I was safe and to know that no one could escape from our dungeon.
Making our way into the house, we locked the doors and Cody made a fire in our fireplace. I grabbed a few glasses and a bottle of wine, and we sat down to try and relax before bed. “How do you suppose this whole thing will turn out?,” I asked Cody, while taking a sip from my wine glass.
Cody pulled my legs into his lap, gently rubbing my legs, the touch felt nice. He always knew how to make me feel good about things. Thinking about it, I wondered how I had ended up with that loser for a mate I had previously. He smiled at me, “I think it’s going to turn out just fine. I have faith in the council to do the right thing. There are rules, and they have been broken to an extent that there is no forgiveness.”
I nodded my head in understanding, watching as his hands ran up and down my legs. “Does it feel hot in here?,” I suddenly asked. I felt my body getting flush, as if I had a fever. Werwolves don’t usually get ill. We don’t suffer from colds or any of those typical human viruses. There is very little that can make a werwolf sick.
Cody raised an eyebrow. “It’s about seventy degrees in here. I can turn down the fireplace if you want.” I nodded my head and he got up and turned down the gas on the fireplace.
I was feeling very uncomfortable all of a sudden, uneasy and strange. I was so hot, I felt a bead of sweat down the middle of my back as I fought this sensation of my skin being on fire. What the heck is wrong with me? I rose from the couch and without a word, walked up the stairs to the bathroom, ripping off my clothes and turning the shower on, only turning the cold water on. I could hear Cody, coming up the stairs. He stood in the bathroom door, watching me, with a curious expression on his face. Suddenly his nose twitched and a smile spread across his face. I wasn’t sure why, but I didn’t bother to ask, as my skin was so hot, I jumped into the shower, standing under the ice cold water. “Oh this feels so good,” I said, my skin cooling slightly under the stream of cold water.
Cody was chuckling outside the door. “I won’t be coming in that cold shower with you Carolyn, but as soon as you have had enough of the freezing water, I will be waiting to help you with your little problem.”
I looked at him through the glass of the shower door, suddenly realization came to me. I was in heat. I hadn’t had a heat cycle in years. The pack doctor had told me that it was likely due to stress, even though I had never told him of my horrors I had suffered at home. He had done blood work when I stopped having my heat, which was a few years after the beatings started. I had thought that the Moon Goddess thought me unworthy, since I had lost a child, due to the abuse from my mate. At that moment, I didn’t know if I should be happy or terrified. I knew what this meant. I could get pregnant again. And with a man I loved dearly. The fear though, that I could lose a pup again, tugged at my heart. Not to mention, I was forty two years old. Although not uncommon to have a child at this age, in the werwolf community, it wasn’t something we strived for. Usually by now, we had grandchildren. I was lost in my thoughts, when suddenly Cody ripped the door open and turned off the
water.
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