Page 47 of Carnage Island

Death, I think.He reminds me of death.

But addictive and right.

Caius is the spicy one, the refreshing mint I crave to taste on my tongue.

And Tieran is the source of masculinity and grace, the one filling my lungs with a pine-like scent. He’s the master of the forest. The pack Alpha. The leader who demands my submission, yet craves my fire.

It’s all incredibly intoxicating, this knowledge and power and intimate union.

I can’t remember why I was angry before.

I can’t even remember the events of yesterday.

All I want is to indulge in these males and bathe in their strength.

My insides clench painfully now, that storm reaching a violent point in my lower abdomen and raining passion down my thighs.

Tieran growls.

Caius hisses.

And Volt hums in approval. “Slick,” he says.

“She’s going into heat,” Tieran replies, his voice gruff, his pupils blown wide.

“How much time do we have?” Caius asks.

“Not long,” Tieran tells him. “We need to fortify the den. They’re already on their way here. I can feel them pounding up the hill.”

He releases my neck, drawing a whimper from my throat at the loss of contact. I feel as though we’ve been standing here for hours, glued together by this warmth pooling inside me.

But it’s really only been minutes.

Maybe even seconds.

It’s all so surreal and unfocused.

A pulsating spasm in my lower abdomen causes my knees to buckle. Tieran catches me instantly, his hands branding my bare hips.

I mewl, leaning into him, needing more.

“Hold her,” Caius says. “We’ll handle the perimeter.”

Tieran growls, the sound making me whimper as another pang vibrates through my belly. It hurts. Ineed. But I don’t understand what this is, or why it’s happening.

On some level I… I sort of do.

He said I’m going into heat.

I’ve witnessed that among females in my pack, but I don’t recall it being painful or all-consuming like this.

It’s something that only happens to mated wolves.

Usually their males take care of them throughout the cycle by keeping them pleasured and fed. It lasts only a few days.

And it typically ends in pregnancy.

That’s why heat cycles are so spare and rare for my kind, happening every few years. I’ve never experienced mine. I shouldn’t be falling into the cycle now.