My Brothers Best Friend

Chapter 9 - The Heat

Cora's P.O.V

Nauseating dizzines and overwhelming heat causes me to fall unconscious, my body falls limp to the kitchen floor, darkness consuming me.

I awaken in the pack hospital, a concerned Caleb sits beside me, clutching my hand. My head pounds, I struggle to sit up as my back aches. I feel hot and flustered. I pull my hand free from Caleb's grip and bring my hand up to my forehead, there is a large lump and dried up blood where my head split upon impact of something hard, a floor I presume.
"What happened?" I question,
"kitchen staff found you unconscious on the floor" He replies, I lay my head back breathing deeply as heat consumes me,
"you're heating up" Caleb worries putting the back of his hand to my forehead, I cringe at the pain of the wound on my forehead.
"I'll be back, I'm going to get a doctor" he attempts to leave,
"no" I say stopping him,
"why not?"
"I'm just going into heat relax, its not the first time its happened. Now help me back to my room would you" he nods and helps me to my feet, I am in pajamas, I look towards Caleb,
"a nurse changed you" he reassures me. I nod and step forward, my knees wobble and I fall almost to the ground, Caleb's strong arms hold me up and without another word he sweeps me up in his arms, my legs draped over one arm and my back supported by the other. I blush a deep red as he carries me out of the hospital and towards the top floor of the pack house, people stare but Caleb doesn't seem to care. He lays me down on my bed,
"thank you" I say as he tucks me in bed. I fall asleep exhausted.

I wake again sprawled across my bed, my stomach cramped up and my sheets and quilt tossed across my room. I am drenched in sweat, my hair sticking to my forehead and back. I stumble towards the bathroom, the world in front of me spinning. Stripping my clothing I enter the shower and turn the cold water on, letting it cover me from head to toe. I slide down the tiled shower wall and let the cold water cool me. I instantly feel better, but my stomach still feels as if it is trying to escape my body. Caleb knocks on the door,
"Cora, are you alright?" He asks, his voice muffled by the door.
"Beside the searing pain and overwhelming heat I'm feeling. I'm great" I say sarcastically. I feel my way back up the wall and turn the water off. I change into clean pajamas and lay down again. Chills over take me, Caleb enters the room and rushes to my side, I point to the blankets strewn around the room, he wraps me in them.
"I can't deal with seeing you in so much pain" Caleb says pacing the room, he stops pacing and cups my face with two hands.
"I'm sorry" he says and before I can fathom what he is doing, he marks me on the small area of skin just above my collarbone, and yet again I loose consciousness.

When I awaken for the third time today, I no longer feel any pain. What I do feel though is a desire, a desire for Caleb. Damn heat! I'm mad at him for marking me without my permission but at the same time I want to make out with him and feel his hands on my body. Arg.
There is a knock at the door and timidly Caleb answers, he knows I'm going to be mad, at least the pains gone. I stand up out of bed and stomp towards him, my arms folded,
"how dare you" I yell and slap him across the face, my hand stings upon impact as it collides with his slightly stubbly cheek.
"That's for marking me without my permission" Then without hesitation I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him deeply, his hands go automatically to my hips. I pull away,
"and what was that for?" He asks,
"that was because of this stupid heat that is drawing me to you" I reply backing away what is only a few centimeters but feels like miles. I hate that he makes my wolf feel like this. "You shouldn't worry too much about the mark, it will fade in a couple of days" he says breaking the ever growing silence,
"how come? Normal marks normally take a month to fade" I ask, "because we didn't-...you know...do it"
"Because we didn't complete the mating process"
"Exactly" I sigh in relief and sit down on my bed.
"Let's just hope it's gone by next week" he mumbles to himself,
"why what's next week?" I question. "An Alpha monthly summit"
"Summit?"
"Yeah, it's a meeting that all the Alphas in the Northen Zone have to go to every month"
"Zone?"
"Your brother didn't tell you about the Zones?"
"No, obviously"
"Well, all of the connected land of which we live on is divided into Zones, North, North-East etc and in every Zone there is one Zone leader and that is usually the oldest wises Alpha even if they no longer run their pack, for us it's ex Alpha Mel, he is 103 and thanks to werewolf aging his body is really only that of a 40 year old man plus werewolf abilities."
"Werewolves stop aging the same as humans at age 21 and instead age in dog years so every 7 years, correct?"
"Looks like someone's done their homework, anyway, as I was saying, we have to report to the head Zone Alpha every month on all of the births, deaths, new wolves, captees, rogue sightings, all the wolves who have had their 16th birthday, all the wolves who have found their mate, expecting a pup, married or been captured"
"And this is every month"
"Indeed"
"And I have to go to this, every month?"
"Yes"
"Will Aidan and Kelsey be there?"
"Of course, they're apart of the North Zone are they not?"
"So that's where they go every month, I just thought they were going away to you know...have some alone time if you know what I mean" he laughs,
"get some rest" he kisses my cheek, I grab his face and press his lips to mine, my arms snaking around his neck, he deepens the kiss, I lay down pulling him with me,
"this is just the heat" I say in between kisses.
"I don't care whether its you, the heat or your cousin Sally controlling you" he says, I laugh. He rolls to the side so he is laying next to me and hugs me, "would you look at that I do have control" he says sarcastically. I chuckle lightly and nuzzle my head into his chest, I fall asleep breathing in the scent of him.