Chapter 36 - Caught in the act

Emily's POV No! No! No! No! No! This can't be happening! There is no way I can be in heat! How the hell did this happen? I have never gone into heat! I have heard stories about the she-wolf going in heat only when they find their mate, and they refuse to mark their mate. Mila had gone in heat when she found Jax, two weeks after they met. Our wolves were hot-wired like that. But why- That's when it hit me—I didn’t have my wolf when Alex and I found out that we were mates. "You!" I growled at Willow. "You did this to me!" "Well, not exactly," she said, snickering. "I just helped it on!" "What do you mean you helped it on?" I hissed in agony. My body was in so much pain—it felt as if a wildfire had let loose, spreading underneath my skin, and it was slowly heating the blood in my veins. A hiss escaped my lips, the burning increasing. My mind went into overdrive, hoping to find some way out of this predicament. Letting Alex touch me might mean that he could lose control and mark me. Someth