All around my body was uncomfortable, and the thick bedding Chase had me buried under made it ten times worse. The heat was crawling over me and it just made my bones ache for something. It was like a craving; I didn't know what I wanted but I wanted it bad.

I remembered whenever Chase picked me up off the forest ground and began to carry me back to the pack house. The moment his hands came in contact with my skin, the pain started subsiding. It was a relief that I longed for in this moment and I practically threw the covers off of me.

"Chase-"

"No! Macey, lay back down and it will go away," Chase grunted, quickly forcing me back into the bed. He grabbed for the blankets, most likely to cover me with them once more. Not giving him a chance to, I grabbed a hold of his hand and brought it closer to me.

My hands stopped aching the minute I was touching Chase's hand and I pressed his palm against my neck, specifically where the mark burned on me. An embarrassing moan escaped my lips that I didn't know even had to come out of me. Relief flooded my body in that mere second, letting me finally relax my body from the constant tension.

The hand was harshly jerked away from me and Chase growled. He was across the room in a second, his back turned to me. I could see his muscles tensed underneath his shirt and it made me want to jump out of the bed and see how they felt myself. Heavy breathes shook his body.

"You can't do that, Macey. It won't turn out good," Chase chastised me. His voice was strained and it sounded like he was in complete pain.

"Why won't it? Haven't you said that you won't hurt me?" I questioned, doubt beginning to tug in my mind.

I should have run when I had the chance.

"No!" Chase whirled around, his eyes pure black and wide. They scared me. "Macey, I would never intentionally hurt you. If I ever did then I would hurt myself ten times worse. But...what is happening to you right now is a different story."

"So you'll hurt me just because of what is happening to me?" I began to panic again. I was in pain, I could hardly move, and I was in no shape to defend myself. Especially when every touch I shared with Chase only made me feel better than ever at this point.

"Of course not, Macey!" Chase insisted. He looked desperate at this point; desperate and clueless.

"Then what? What is happening to me?" I didn't like this. I didn't like how awful I felt along with how needy I was for this Alpha's touch.

"This isn't really a good time to discuss this. I-I need to leave." The words tumbled out of Chase's mouth as he made a beeline for the door. Acting as quick as I could, I launched myself out of the bed and tried to stop him from leaving. Everything fiber of my being was telling me not to let him leave this room.

I didn't get far. My legs tangled in the sheets as I tried to escape this fluffy prison Chase had me in. The lack of use I had in my legs due to the stupid covers had me falling in a heap on the floor. A pained grunt escaped my mouth and I hissed at the carpet burn I acquired.

Chase immediately lurched towards me, reaching down and pulling me from the ground. As soon as he had a hold of me, I wrapped my arms around his neck. It seemed insane that I was this willing to have a wolf give me comfort. I was surely going to kick myself for it later, but right now the only thing that was keeping me from what felt like death was Chase.

The burn lessened but the longing intensified. Chase's hands were on my waist to keep me steady, but a quick growl from him was followed by me being tugged closer. My entire body was pressed to Chase's. I kept my arms latched tight.

"Macey," Chase practically moaned. He wrapped one arm around my lower back and now I was being held captive against my Alpha.

My Alpha.

Warm lips touched my cheek. A shiver ran down my back and I could feel the sparks all over my body by now. Chase's touch was igniting old feelings that I never thought I would want to feel again. After Leo vanished from my life I really didn't want to have another man in my life. It just seemed too reckless and idiotic.

His lips kissed my cheek again before they travelled slowly down my jaw. I practically whimpered whenever Chase's hand travelled down my waist, over my butt, and hooked my knee around his hip.

"My Luna," Chase groaned. The words pulled me further into his trance. His mouth landed on the mark on my neck, causing me to go weak in the knees. The only thing keeping me up by this point was Chase's hold on me and my arms around his neck, tugging at his hair.

What if he's just seducing you into a trap.

The thought had me snapping my eyes open. I hadn't realize I had closed them in my pleasure.

"No. Macey." Chase practically called out to me. He was pulling me closer the second I started pulling away. How he knew I was about to panic was beyond me.

"Stop. Let me go," I ordered, pushing against Chase's chest. He wasn't budging and I could feel his excitement towards the situation now pressing against me. It just scared me even more.

"Calm down. Macey, I won't hurt you. I never would!" The insistence in his voice had me scrambling to get away. I didn't like this. I mean I liked this but I wanted it to stop.

"No! No, let go!" I was screaming now. Kicking and screaming but that just didn't cut it with Chase. He was trying to calm me down but the shocks and tingles that were exploding all over my body didn't help. They were confusing me. I had no control over what I was feeling right now.

"Leo! Leo, help me!" Chase winced when I screamed practically right in his ear, still struggling with as much effort I could put up. Everything around me was in a panic and my screaming most likely wasn't helping.

Chase tried to set me down gently. The tears that had started to build in my eyes added onto my kicking. I fell to the floor and slid my back against the edge of the bed.

The bedroom door flew open and Leo came stumbling in. Chase immediately whirled around, growling at a wide eyed Leo.

"I can handle this! Get out," Chase ordered. All the growling made me tense and my eyes scanned the room for a weapon. I needed to defend myself. All odds were against me now and I had to just hope Leo would protect me. Even if it was against his nature.

"Macey, are you alright?" Leo, for some reason that I would demand an answer for later, covered his nose with his shirt. He glanced at me, looking over me.

"Take your eyes off of her." Chase stepped up to Leo, towering over him. His hands were fists and the muscles in his arms flexed impossibly tight. A rush of attraction ran through me at the sight.

"What did you do to her," Leo demanded. I couldn't fathom how much loyalty he must have still felt for me if he was willing to stand up against a man as intimidating as Chase. It pulled at my heart.

Chase had constant, low growls rumbling through him. "I would never harm her. Get out."

"No. She called for me because she was scared. You scared her," Leo retorted. Chase only tensed more but he slowing started to turn towards me.

Fuck, I'm about to die.

I searched around me for a weapon, before remembering that this wasn't my home. There weren't weapons hidden around everywhere.

My eyes locked back onto the threat only for the wind to be practically knocked out of me. Chase looked hurt. No, hurt was too simple of a word. The amount of sorrow and regret on his face made the tears actually fall from my eyes. I only allowed a few before I furiously whipped them away.

"I keep scaring you, don't I?" Chase's voice was broken. I didn't understand it, but guilt began to chew at my insides. No words came out of my mouth, but I felt as if I was supposed to say something. Everything in me told me to go comfort the man before me but I listened to none of it. I stayed where I was, on the floor with wide eyes.

"Leave, Leo." Chase commanded. Leo hesitated but began to leave when Chase stopped him again. "Please wait outside my door until I tell you otherwise."

Leo nodded and closed the door behind him. I quickly stood and distanced myself.

"Macey-" Chase faced me again and found me even further away. I was actually on the other side of the bed.

"God, are you never going to trust me? I won't hurt you! I won't ever do anything that is not for your well being and I'm sorry I didn't let go of you sooner. You have to understand that, at the moment, you are ten times more irresistible to me than usual."

"Why?" I asked before Chase could say another word. I wanted to know why I was so hot and bothered for Chase's touch and why my body was in a burning pain half the time I wasn't in contact with him.

"I don't know how it happened to you. It should only happen to female wolves, but you've induced into heat," Chase answered. I could hear the apprehension in his voice, yet he still told me.

"Heat? Like a fucking dog!" I exclaimed. My mind went haywire. "Are you telling me I'm just going to be a walking, horny bitch?"

"Macey, it's not a big deal. As long as I keep myself distanced from you and you stay away from any unmated men while you are on heat then-"

"Then I'll be I'm severe pain? I'm having trouble standing as it is, Chase!" I didn't like this one bit. It seemed like every time I learned something new about these beasts I hated them more.

"Macey, I'm really sorry. This wasn't supposed to happen to you and-"

"None of this was supposed to happen," I snapped. My mind and hormones were raging at the moment and I didn't feel like holding back. "I wasn't supposed to get caught! I was raised to die before getting caught."

"Well it's a little late for that now isn't it?" The sheer frustration in Chase's voice pushed me over the edge. I narrowed my eyes on a challenge and said the one thing that I knew would cause World War III.

"Maybe it isn't."

The room went quiet and stayed that way. Chase was entirely too still and it looked like he wasn't even breathing anymore. His fingers slowly clenched into fists by his sides.

My own heartbeat was pounding a tattoo into my chest. As the silence went on regret began to dwell into my mind. I had just threatened my own death to the man who swore that I meant everything to him. Was 'everything' so drastic that if I left he would be in endless pain? Because that is exactly how he acted.

"Cha-" Right as I was about to speak, Chase turned his back and left the room. The door was only open long enough for me to catch a glimpse of a confused Leo before it slammed closed again.

Standing there in paralyzing pain, I had a sudden urge to cry. I wanted to sob and cling onto a pillow and just wallow in self pity. However, that was never the kind of girl I was and it was the last thing I was going to do.

Wanting to get rid of this horrible heated feeling as soon as possible, I headed for the connected bathroom. I didn't waste anytime before I had stripped and jump into a cold shower, letting the frozen water contain me.

As time went by, the heat dulled, but not enough. I wanted this pain gone forever. I hated it and there was only one thing I wanted to do at the moment.

Go after Chase.

The one thing my instinct told me to do, and I was going to blatantly ignore it. No way was I going to run after that man like a horny teenage girl, even if that was how I felt at the moment.

Frustrated at the pain that was emerging once again, I shut off the shower and stepped out of the glass door, not caring that I was getting the floor dripping wet. Once I reached the bathtub, I closed the drain and immediately flicked on the cold water.

Sinking myself into the filling bathtub, I let the coolness envelope my body. It sent chills everywhere and, at first, the cold was numbing. After a few moments I began to grow accustomed to it. After a few more moments I realized that the pain had been substantially doused. I could finally relax my tensed up muscles.

I woke to a spilling sound. No, more like a water fall sound. I was freezing cold and I immediately stood up.

The bathtub. I had left it running and had fallen asleep, effectively flooding Chase's bathroom.

Oh shit.

My hands shot out to shut off the tap to the bathtub and I released the drain. There was absolutely no way that I could clean this up without Chase finding out. At least, not on my own.

Wrapping myself in a towel, I started out the bathroom and towards the bedroom door. The memory of what I had caused between Chase and Blake flashed in my mind and I stopped myself.

Can't do that again.

It took me a moment before I relented into dressing in Chase's clothing again. The sweats pooled around my legs and I began to search for a shirt that would cover me appropriately in the many drawers Chase had.

My hands came to a stop when I felt the outside of my hand brush agains something that wasn't fabric. I dug around the shirts clumsily until a thudding sound brought my attention to a phone. My phone.

My phone that may be getting tracked at this moment. My phone that may have successfully sent the call out to my brother; the call that said I was in danger. I flipped open my ancient phone, knowing it was out of date yet also knowing it was easier to replace and harder for someone to hack into it.

There were multiple missed calls from my brother and I could picture his furious face when I got back to him. He would be so upset and disappointed that I had gotten myself caught, but I also knew he was worrying his ass off about me. His only little sister.

I'm so sorry, Kane.

No voicemails were on the phone. It wasn't safe to have recorded proof of anything we discussed when it came to hunting and safety locations, which had Kane enforcing the 'no voicemail' rule early after Dad passed on.

A sudden urge to call my older brother back immediately surrounded me. I quickly pushed it to the back of my mind. If I made that call, it would be so much easier for Kane to immediately track me. He would find the pack location and it would most definitely be a grueling search and rescue mission. Lives would be lost, on both sides, and that was not what I wanted.

However, if I could somehow convince Kane that I was alright, that I didn't need him to save me, then maybe I could worry only about me escaping here. Everything ins told me it was a long shot but I didn't dismiss the idea, I only passed it to a 'Plan B' notion.

That plan is too dangerous.

It did seem ridiculous. Kane would find out where I was the moment he got the chance. He may not try to come find me, but he would at least make sure I was truthfully okay. And finding me in the middle of the woods in an unknown area would not classify as 'okay'.

I tucked the phone into the waistband of Chase's sweats and slipped a thicker material shirt over my head. It was definitely hot outside, but no bra meant that I couldn't take any chances.

Leo was standing outside of the door when I opened it. His eyes snapped to me and his eyes widened, dilating slightly. I saw his chest move up in a deep breathe.

"Go back inside that room. Now," Leo ordered. The stance he was in was so predatory, so hungry, that I felt a strange ache in my entire body. It wasn't a longing ache like I thought it was for the first few seconds. It made the thought of Leo touching me seem repulsive in my mind.

"Kane is looking for me," I stated. I wanted to get straight to the point before we would inevitably be interrupted.

"How do you know?"

"He got the signal. I just know he did, Leo."

"You aren't telling me something, Macey, and that isn't fair to me." He had a point and I acknowledged that. Leo had helped me through a lot and I believed he deserved to know more than what I had initially planned to reveal.

"I found my cellphone hidden in the room. There were missed calls from him. I'm not meaning one or two, Leo, there were dozens." Kane was not an emotionally human being. He gradually lost that part of him over the years. Few times, he opened up in front of me, but it wasn't often I saw the caring brother that I knew was there.

"Shit." The mumble came from Leo's lips before he shook his head. "Macey, do you plan on telling Chase?"

"I don't. This is my brother but Chase will kill him the moment he comes to get me. Leo," I lowered my voice and stepped closer to him, but still refusing to make contact, "if you can help me escape from here, then we can avoid my brother and anyone from this pack getting hurt."

Leo stepped away from me and shook his head. "I can't do that."

"Leo!" I was so shocked that he refused to help me. There was no way Chase would find out that Leo helped me get away from him, but I understood the fear. Chase had hurt Leo before and I didn't want that to happen again.

"Macey, you may not understand it now, but you aren't just another person around here. You are part of a bigger plan."

"A bigger plan? You mean as Luna? I sure as hell don't want to fulfill that, Leo, you have to realize that this is not what I want!" Every bone in my body was telling me that something was wrong. I started to get nervous at the feeling and I didn't know why.

"No, Macey. Listen, I can't really talk about it here, especially not with your predicament at the moment. But I will explain. I promise." The words rushed off of Leo lips and he quickly stepped away from me again.

So many thoughts were racing through my mind and I just couldn't comprehend what was happening. Leo had a secret. I wanted to know the secret but I didn't want that secret to keep me from leaving this place. Even if I was slowly accepting that not all wolves were monsters, I still did not wish to stay here.

"Have you contacted Kane yet?" I refocused the topic on the big problem before my mind went out of control.

"No. I haven't gotten the chance."

I held in an exasperated sigh. Plan B it is then.

"The phone is Chase's office," I began to ask, "is it traceable?"

"I'm not sure. I highly doubt it. We are a large and powerful pack and it wouldn't do many people good if just anyone could find us so easily as a phone call."

"Kane isn't just anyone, Leo," I warned.

Kane was a warrior. A lethal hunter.

"I know. If you can manage to call Kane from it, I'm sure it will be safe," Leo assured me. I nodded my head and turned on my heels, headed for the stairway.

"Oh, and get someone to clean up the mess in Chase's bathroom," I called behind me, already having my mind set to confront Chase...if he was in his office.

~~~~

Oh my god it's been FOREVER.

Sorry 'bout that.

BUT
THANKS FOR READIN, FOLKS!

Also I know it's pretty short and boring and eh I don't really have an excuse.