Page 164 of His Sunshine Baby

I push my curtain aside, and it takes me a while to see it in the darkness. A wolf, sitting at the corner of the street, completely still. Damn it, it’s Diego.

“How long has he been here?”

“No idea, I just spotted him. What the hell is he doing…”

“I don’t know, but it’s odd he won’t approach.”

“Clark may have put someone to watch you, don’t you think?”

“Or he knows I’m not alone. Damn it!”

“Babe, you really need to talk to Black. I don’t care about Clark’s decision, but I don’t want this guy to keep loitering around you. If he knows about your baby…”

“I know, Danny.”

I growl unconsciously and keep watching. After a while, it starts raining outside, and Diego walks away, but I can’t settle down.

As I hoped, after a good night’s sleep, Nora already looks a lot better. Her eyes are still red, but she’s feisty enough to argue with Boyan about keeping silent on the King’s engagement when he arrives. Daniel is happy to see his lover again, obviously, but for me, Boyan’s presence is a strong reminder of Nate. He even passed along some fresh-baked croissants for us. He knows how I love croissants with my coffee in the morning…

The four of us decide to stay home and have a lazy day, as it’s a downpour all day long outside and Nora and I are tired. Nora talks a lot with us, sometimes crying, sometimes laughing when we share our childhood stories. We talk a lot, bonding over our werewolf selves, and I tell her about how I control my werewolf, as she still apparently struggles with hers. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so close with another woman around my age before, not even Bonnie or Iris. It’s like I found myself a little sister.

In the evening, Liam Black comes to see her, just so they can take some time to talk. He’s probably going to defend his brother’s actions. We let her go with him, as I’m in no condition to go anyway. I keep falling asleep, my pregnancy and the rain keeping me sluggish. I don’t even hear Nora get home.

I wake up to someone’s crying. Is it Nora? I get up from the couch to approach her. She’s curled up in a corner, breathing and crying loudly, a smartphone at her feet.

“Nora? What happened?”

But she keeps shaking her head, like in a trance. Gosh, what is wrong with her? Is she sick? Do I have to take her to the hospital? Moon Goddess, if anything happens to her here… I call Danny, unsure of what to do. Once he and Bobo arrive, they are the first ones to understand.

“Is she…”

“Yeah, Nora’s in… heat,” says Boyan with a frown.

“I gotta call Sylviana,” adds Daniel, grabbing his phone in a rush.

“Why?”

“There is no medical way to stop a heat, Elena, and I really don’t think it would be good to have the King’s fated mate in heat here!”

Okay, he’s got a point.

While he’s on the phone I try to take Nora to the couch, and Boyan walks away a bit. Oh right, he’s probably not doing great if he’s bisexual. I try to calm down Nora a bit, but as Danny said, there’s not much I can do. Her temperature keeps rising, and so do her pheromones, making Boyan leave our place soon after.

“Thank Moon Goddess for the rain,” says Danny. “It should cover the smell a bit. Damn, I don’t feel anything, I’m definitely gay.”

I chuckle. Who was doubting that?

Thankfully, Sylviana arrives incredibly fast. She doesn’t seem bothered by the downpour outside at all and rushes to Nora’s side very calmly.

“Her first heat. It’s surprising she hasn’t mated yet.”

“Well, the King might not be as much of a jerk as we thought he was… At least he’s got some self-restraint.”

I give him that too. If Nora is his fated mate, the man must be really patient for not touching her, and from what I’ve seen of him, he didn’t seem like a very patient man at all.

Sylviana puts her hands on Nora’s forehead and chest, closing her eyes, and starts whispering something. I can’t hear, but from the way her lips are moving, I don’t even think I could understand anything anyway. Is it a secret witch language of some sort? At least it seems effective. Nora progressively calms down, and from her previous agitated state, she falls into a deep slumber, peacefully sleeping as if nothing happened. It takes a few minutes until Sylviana stops, everyone in the room totally speechless.

“She does smell weird now,” says Daniel.

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