Eira’s POV
Roman and Jason got better, and all of us got back to our usual routines. I could sense sothing was going on between the others, sothing serious which they avoided talking about in front of .Maybe it was due to my pregnancy and not to stress out, or maybe it had nothing to do with .
I had been reading the books dedicatedly, and a particular topic I read about made feel like my body had started to act that way.
Phantom heat.
I had been restless since the morning, just the way it had been ntioned in the book, and how Phantom heat could be just as intense for a rare blood like .I couldn’t help but wonder, if I truly went through it, what would I do?
Kael was my mate, but Roman and Lucian wanted to mate with as well. Roman had marked already, while Lucian had already expressed his desire that night.Rafe, though teased and tried to seduce , had already told he had no intentions of mating with , and Jason was sane enough to know his place in my life.
Now, the other three were left, and I didn’t want any conflict to be there, and I wouldn’t be forced to choose soone on my own.It would hurt my mate, a father of kids, then it would hurt the other two as well.
I better prepare myself to hide sowhere and endure it on my own. And also warn them to stay away from , so nothing between them will ss up.And there was no way I was going to let them have at once. I didn’t want to hurt my baby.
I was quiet for half a day, lost in my own thoughts and trying to convince myself that the symptoms are not what I was thinking. My mind was getting restless, and I was barely containing it.
After lunch, the annoying Vampire couldn’t help but ask.
"Have a snake bitten your tongue today, that you rarely said a word, Caldwell? Planning to save our ears?"
Already volatile, I couldn’t hold myself, "Yeah. Now bow before . Thank ."
"Woh! So angry? Who offended you now?" he teased, "Or it’s just your pregnancy hormones."
"You... It’s you... your presence is enough to annoy the hell out of ," I lashed out, "Just get the hell out and don’t show up in front of ."
There was a silence around the mont I said it. Everyone looked at , and I realised I truly went overboard.
"Don’t worry, I will," he said, "Soon."
Anger and sudden guilt gripped my heart. If I stayed here, I might say sothing really bad which I didn’t truly an. I found it impossible to control my anger, my emotions.
What would Raven think about ? If I continued this way, he would think I was a bad person.
I stood up from my place, "I want to be alone. Don’t disturb anymore," and left the ho.
The only place that I could find peaceful at the mont was the side house.
Entering the side ho, I locked the door. I just wanted to hide sowhere. It happened the sa way when I had my first heat. But Kael found anyway.
I just hoped they would understand this ti that it was a phantom heat and leave to handle it on my own.
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Lucian’s POV
It was evening now, and Eira had locked herself in the side house since noon. She hadn’t co out to ask for any food either, as she was feeling frequent hunger these days.We considered that she must have used whatever was in the kitchen of the side house. Kael made sure to keep it full since the day he and she mated.
When Roman went to the side ho in the late afternoon, she didn’t open the door for him, but told him she was fine and to leave her alone until she ca out on her own.We had no choice but to listen to her.
Kael was calm the entire ti. He didn’t make any effort to take food or water to his mate, or ask about her, as if he was respecting her wishes.As her mate, he must be aware of her situation. He could feel her through the bond.
I had my suspicions now. I think the others must have them as well, but no one said it aloud.She was Kael’s mate, his fated mate, and he would decide for her first.
As our Alpha and a brother, we trusted his decisions.
It was late, dinner ti had passed, and Eira still hadn’t shown up. We made Raven eat and sleep, as he didn’t need to know what was going on.
"We shall go to her," I suggested.
Kael seed to have already decided on it and went to the side house, while we watched him from a distance. We weren’t sure if she would let out strong pheromones in Phantom heat as well, so it was better to stay away rather than going crazy.
Kael knocked on the door. "Eira, are you alright?"
There was no response.
"If you won’t respond, I will enter the house," he said.
No response yet.
Kael waited for a while and kicked the door open as it was locked from inside. He looked calm on the surface, but worried inside.
We all held our breaths to know if she was fine. After a few monts, my cellphone rang.
It was Kael’s call.
"How is she?" I asked quickly, only to hear sothing shocking.
"What?" I exclaid, my brother equally stunned.
Eira wasn’t in the side house.
Four of us rushed to the side house where Kael had finished inspecting the ho. He was standing by the rear side window of the house. It was open.
If the door was locked from inside, then she had escaped through the window.
"She was here until an hour before," Kael said, as he could tell it from Eira’s scent in this place.
"Where has she gone?" Roman asked. "We need to look for her."
We went to the rear of the house and stopped at a certain place the mont that strong, different scent hit us. It wasn’t as strong as when she was in actual heat, but it was still dangerous.
"She is truly in heat," I mumbled.
Rafe, who was already being careful but followed us out of worry for her, stepped back, his entire body rigid.
"Rafe," I turned to him.
He shook his head as if he shouldn’t have been here, and left at the speed of wind.
There were others to take care of Eira, but Rafe. He needed .
I looked at Kael, letting him know my intentions, and left after Rafe.
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