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Elelira POV

It’s hot. Too hot.

My body is a tingling sensation of warmth and comfort, soothing sparks enveloping me.

Something is weighing me down, preventing me from moving freely. I try to roll over, as Val stirs awake in my mind, then it hits me. I’m being held by Lachlan.

I’m so warm because I’m no longer in the drafty tower room, and I’m in the arms of my mate. A mate that doesn’t know he’s my mate, who hurt me beyond measure in my first life, and I was on the brink of a fit of terror from his touch just last night.

I’m not on the brink of terror now, though. I’m just hot.

And I need to empty my bladder.

I pushed firmly against Lachlan’s arm, trying to get it off my body. His grip just becomes tighter, squeezing my torso and making the urge to pee ever stronger.

“Alpha!” I hissed, trying to wake him, tapping my hand on the side of his face.

“Mmh,” he groans, resting his chin above my head.

“Just wet the bed,” Val yawned, “Maybe he won’t try