Queen Cassia;
I walk into the garden, and Hilda rushes over to me.
"Welcome, your Grace." She greets, and the mild excitement in her voice gives me a bit of hope.
"You seem excited," I note, and she smiles.
"They've gone silent. They finally stopped." She says, and my heart leaps.
"They have!?" I repeat, and she smiles happily at me before nodding.
I let out a breath before picking up a pace.
It's been five days. Five days!!
Elian's heat, and Koda's rut, was a mix far more intense than I thought it would be.
Typically, Koda's rut lasts three days.
But five days!?
Five days without food or water. Just endless sex.
That ought to break a record somewhere.
Surely, I must get a grandchild out of this.
.
"I went to open the door this morning. Alpha Koda is in the Queen's chambers waiting for you." She informs, and my heart skips a beat.
Koda. He's finally awake.
He hasn't had food or water in five days… he must be so frail.
