Hades' Cursed Luna novel Chapter 39

Eve~

"Agnes," I called as she washed my hair. "Is there anything I can use for... cramps?" _{fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com}

She paused. "Of course, ma’am," she replied.

I let out a breath of relief.

She handed me a bottle of pills and a glass of water.

"Take two," she supplied. "And get some rest."

"Please, is it certain that it will work?" I asked. It had to work, or the smell alone would cause big trouble.

"This is what I use, and it always works," she assured me.

She turned on her heel and left.

I did as she had asked and fought the urge to get out of bed and lay linens on the ground to sleep again. But I had to remember to act like Ellen, a royal who had never known hardship in all her 23 years of life, and not like a girl who had grown accustomed to sleeping on the ground.

Ever since James’s betrayal, I was sure that he had rejected our mate bond because later that same month, the heat began. I would be driven to pain and near insanity because my body craved a mate.

I used to believe that menstrual cramps were bad until the heat began. The heat was a different kind of agony altogether, one that clawed at every nerve in my body, demanding relief. It was relentless—worse than anything I had ever endured. My body craved something that I could no longer have—a mate to ease the unbearable pain, the bond that had been severed the moment James betrayed me.

I clenched my fists, forcing myself to breathe slowly, trying to calm the rising panic. It wasn’t just the pain; it was the vulnerability that came with it. The arousal that accompanied the pain was as though it was in close competition with it. It was all-consuming in its intensity. My body would be so desperate that it would release pheromones that attracted unmated and mated males alike.

Lying back in the bed, I closed my eyes, willing the pills to take effect. If this didn’t work, I didn’t know how long I could maintain my composure because there was no composure where the heat was concerned—only a carnal hunger that ate away at me like an unrelenting destructive mouse.

The minutes ticked by, and slowly, the cramps began to fade, replaced by a dull ache that was far more manageable. I let out a long breath, relief washing over me. At least for now, I could keep up the act.

I could sleep, and by tomorrow morning, I would take more pills. If I could survive tomorrow, I could manage the rest of the five days. The first day was always the most brutal. After relief washed over me, so did exhaustion. My eyelids grew heavy, and I finally let slumber take me away.

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Hades~

I got up, my head snapping to the door of my bedroom immediately. A strange scent had returned with a vengeance, and it was unmistakable this time. My senses, sharp as ever, honed in on the intoxicating scent of arousal, thick in the air and impossible to ignore. It wasn’t just any scent—it was hers.

Ellen...