Last night was the most amazing night ever. Connor never left me for more than a second, and he praised me all through the night, as if I were a goddess. He could've moulded me into something else, because I was putty in his hands. I don't know what got into him, but I am sure that I love it.

It's just dawn, the sun only barely peaking over the horizon. Our drapes do nothing to keep out the sun. Connor's arms are firmly wrapped around me, and his chest is pressed against my back, leaving no space between us. I don't want this to end. Every little thing, the morning sun, Connor, the relaxing aura wrapped around us. It's like our own little bubble of happiness, and I'm too scared to move, or else I might pop it.

Connor's breathing changes and I snuggle into him. "Mmmm." He mumbles into the quiet room, barely awake. His lips gently graze my neck and I giggle softly. "Morning baby." His voice is deep from sleep, and the vibrating of his chest against my back isn't making me forget about last night.

"Morning." I mutter out, while also trying to think about puppies. Puppies don't make me aroused. They're cute, and cuddly, just like Connor, who's currently kissing my neck. Just like last night.

"I could go for an early morning session, hm, baby?" He mutters against my neck, and I smile. It's just like our mating all over again. He's so warm, and sexy, and I just can't stop picturing him in my head.

"What's gotten into you? Hm?" I say playfully. I roll over in his arms to look at him.

He's smiling at me, and I can't help but smile back. "I don't quite know. Maybe I'm just extremely happy to have such a beautiful mate." There's my gushy Connor.

"You aren't the only one that got lucky in the mate department." I kiss his nose and he pulls me closer.

Connor kisses my neck, but then tenses up. "Are you in heat?"

I pull away from him and furrow my brows. "Why would I be in heat? We've already mated."

He takes a long sniff of my neck and growls. "You're in heat."

"How?" I ask incredulously. Female wolves only go into heat when they've met their mate, but have yet to finish the mating. Key word, wolves.

"I don't know, but you smell slightly different, and I am feeling extremely possessive and protective." He holds me closer and I roll my eyes.

"More than normal, you mean." I say, trying to lighten the mood.

"Exactly." Connor looks down at our bodies, still bare from last night. "And I have this urge to just take you."

I've never been in heat before. Never. Even when Connor and I decided to wait, I never went into heat. Isn't it supposed to be painful? Like, an excruciating pain that can only be fixed with your mate's touch? I don't feel any pain, none, whatsoever. Then again, Connor and I are as close as we can get while still having a conversation. 

"Well, what do we do?" I ask, expecting him to know something. His eyes snap back up to me, and he seems to have been in thought. "What we're you thinking about?"

"You don't need to know." He growls out huskily. The tone of his voice makes butterflies float into my stomach. I kind of do want to know. "You aren't leaving this room." Connor says in a tone so final, I almost nod.

I said almost. "I can't. What if the Senate calls me? I have to be able to go speak to them. You can't trap me in here until I finish my heat. Goddess only knows how long it will take. Besides, there are no unmated males around. I'm perfectly safe."

He grumbles something incoherent, but let's out a dejected sigh. "Alright, but you're not even pissing without me. Understood?" Despite rolling my eyes, I nod at him. His protective side is now on steroids, and I thought he was over protective before.

After a long time of convincing him to let go of me, I'm finally able to stand up from the bed. "We should get dressed and go meet the others. They're probably up and looking for food."

"There's only one thing I want to eat right now, and it's not outside this room." Connor growls out.

"Reign in your hormones buddy. I don't need you tearing my clothes off in front of a bunch of people." I place my hands on my hips while looking over my shoulder at him.

Connor licks his lips, then coughs. "I think I'm going to go take a cold shower." He rushes into the bathroom, completely forgetting to grab clothes. I laugh quietly at him and pull on a pair of leggings and a t-shirt. While waiting for him to finish in the shower, I pick up the book I'm supposed to be reading.

Connor takes a bit longer than normal, which causes me to chuckle to myself. When he walks out, he looks a bit more relaxed, so I step into the bathroom and take my own shower. After last night, I need one.

I pull on my clothes. I even put on a bit of make up.

When I step out, Connor looks up at me. His jaw drops and his eyes widen. "Are we going out?"

His question confuses me, but then I realize that I only wear make up when we go on dates. "Oh, no, I just felt like wearing this." I say, shrugging.

Connor nods, closing his mouth. "Well you look amazing." Connor steps closer and draws me to him. His eyes drift from mine, to my lips. "One kiss."

I nod. "One kiss." His lips descend on mine and I'll say this, we both lied.

Thankfully, I stop him before we go too far. I've already showered. I'm not going to shower again this morning. Eventually we head out of the room, and towards the sound of chatter. It brings us to a room of tables within the tigress wing. Lily waves us over and Connor and I take a seat across from her and Desmond. "Morning!" She says in a happy tone. "How did you two sleep?"

Connor glances at me and I shrug slightly. "We slept alright. How about you?" I ask, telling a little white lie. We didn't sleep terribly. We barely slept at all.

"It was the most comfortable bed ever. It was like sleeping on a cloud, that's also made of marshmallows, that are being held by soft, fuzzy teddy bears." Desmond chuckles and kisses her cheek, causing her to blush.

"She slept on top of me the entire night. Although the bed was comfortable." He watches her adoringly and I smile at them.

Trish is at another table, talking to some of the guards. She notices me and smiles before waving. A moment later she heads over to our table, plopping down beside Lily. "Morning sleepy heads. Finally decided to grace us with your presence?" She asks sarcastically. Her smirk says she knows something is up. "What kept you two in so late?"

I roll my eyes. "Connor and I didn't want to get out of bed." Trish nods, but doesn't stop smirking. So maybe we made out a little bit. Okay, a lot of bit, but it was just making out this morning.

"Did you two get a chance to look through those books?" Lily asks us as she digs into her plate of food, which Desmond got her.

"No, we stayed up talking about the Senate. By the time we realized it was night time, it was too late." I lie smoothly. Connor sets a plate in front of me, then sits to eat his own.

I look between our plates and notice a lot of meat on his, and not a lot on mine. I snitch three pieces of bacon from him, and all he does is smile at me. Strange. He's letting me steal his food? I test it again, grabbing a sausage patty. Connor doesn't say a word. He even moves his plate closer to me. "I'll go get myself another plate. Here babe." He stands, kissing the top of my head, before heading back to the buffet style food area. I wonder how all that food was made. Magic probably.

"So what's going on?" Trish asks as soon as he's gone. "Are you pregnant or something?"

My eyes widen and I shake my head and hands. "No!" She chuckles. "No, I just, I mean... I'm in heat and I think it's influencing him."

Desmond snorts. "Of course it is. Going into heat means a lot more than arousal. It means you're in your prime state to get pregnant. Unmated males have an instinct to mate, to make children, even if a woman in heat isn't their mate."

"What do you mean "prime state to get pregnant?" I'm not getting pregnant." I say, chewing happily on food.

"His instinct will be to get you pregnant, even if he doesn't realize it. That's just how wolves work." Desmond shrugs, taking a bite of his eggs. "It's not that big of a deal though. You two are mates, and happily in love. Having a kid isn't some terrible thing for you two."

I stare at him for a second, contemplating smacking him. "You do realize what I am, right? How much danger I am in just sitting here? Right now is not a good time to get pregnant."

Desmond stops eating and stares at us, then turns to Lily. Just then, Connor walks back to the table. "What did I miss? And why does Desmond look like a deer in headlights?"

Lily snaps in Desmond's face and he shakes his head. He looks to Connor, then to Lily. Desmond looks so unsure.

I roll my eyes and go back to my food. "Soph, what happened?" Connor asks me.

"Nothing, I just told them that I'm in heat." No need to tell him about the pregnancy thing. I'm not pregnant, and I'll just make him wrap it up from now on.

"Oh, alright. Cool. Now I don't need to refrain from doing this." Connor quickly pulls me onto his lap and slides the two plates that I've been eating off of towards me. His nose moves into my hair and I feel his teeth lightly graze my shoulder.

"Connor, stop." I say as I playfully smack his arm. He chuckles and wraps both arms around my waist.

I lift up a fork full of eggs towards his mouth and he eats them while staring me in the eyes.

"Good goddess, I can feel the sexual tension from here. Get a room." Trish jokes making gagging noises.

"It is kind of hard not to notice it." Lily adds, covering up a laugh.

I huff. "Well it isn't my fault. All I'm doing is being a girl. I can't control my pheromones."

Connor laughs and kisses my cheek. "All you've got to do is sit on my lap and keep feeding me food." I roll my eyes, but give him another bite anyways.

We continue to eat and chat. I keep Connor from getting too handsy in front of our friends and he isn't liking it.

"Alpha Desperte?" I hear a voice from across the room and look around. It also peaks Connor's curiosity and he looks to where the voice came from. The man, from the meeting, is standing in the entrance of the room. He walks towards us, stopping a couple of feet away. "The Senate has called another meeting. We will regroup in about ten minutes."

I nod. Ten minutes? How early does the Senate wake up? "Alright. We'll head there shortly, thank you."

He nods again, giving me a thorough look before leaving.

"Well that was weird. Who's he?" Trish asks, munching on toast.

"He isn't all too trusting of me, with good reason I will admit. I don't know his name, but he's one of the people I'm worried about." I sigh, stirring around the food on my plate. Yes, I only have one plate left. I'm extremely hungry. Probably has to do with being in heat.

"If he yells at you today, I'm not sure I can hold back. It made me angry yesterday, I'm not sure what it'll do today." Connor says as he adjusts me on his lap.

"Just don't get so angry you forget to hold back from going super fast. I'm not the only one of us that has to hide things." I boop his nose while taking my last bite and he smiles.

"I won't." He places a kiss on my cheek and I kiss his. "We better get going. I don't think being late will get us any brownie points."

I laugh and stand up. Before I can take our plates, Connor already has them in hand. "I was going to get that."

"Nope." Connor struts to the trashcan, dumping the paper plates inside. "Now let's get you to that meeting." I roll my eyes, but wave to my friends as Connor pulls me along. Well, my arm is looped in his, but we'll say he's dragging me. Maybe I can have some fun with this possessive, protective, Alpha male.