LATENT

Derek's pov

''Hush doll, you'll be fine, I'm going to take care of you'' I promised an unconscious Adora, as I soothed her hair, her beautiful face was contorted in pain even in her sleep, writhing and turning frequently, as she sweated profusely. I felt dumb for having over-reacted when she had earlier mentioned that she'd wanted Tony to be the one to take of her on her heat, had he done this before or was he always the one to take care of her in situations like this, relax Derek, she's not yours to care for now, you shouldn't care about who fucks her or not.

Her head was laid on my lap, with her messy wild hair sprawled all over, I couldn't even bring myself to get mad at her for forgetting something as crucial as her being on heat, what would have happened if I hadn't been there, especially with all the males working in her office, God, why did this even concern me, she could take care of herself like she'd been doing for the past years after she'd left.

Luckily there had been almost no one loitering around when I had carried her out, and it had only taken Cullen three minutes to find out where she lived after going through her devices and tracking them down to her house, she really needed stronger passwords.

I sighed in frustration at the mess that I had intentionally gotten myself into, soon enough she would start getting aroused and ready to jump at any male near her. This was the first time in four years that I had been near a female on heat, and it was also the first time in four years that I didn't know what I was supposed to do., especially to a female that had once been mine.

''Alpha, we are here I believe''. Cullen ,who had been unusually quiet, during the whole ride spoke up, and I nodded my head in appreciation offering a small smile as I turned to carry Adora out of my jeep, sighing at how weightless her body was, hadn't she been taking proper care of herself, I mean sure she still looked good, physically, but how she carried herself spoke volumes of just how much a lot had changed during the years.

She had a distant cold look on her, and none of her smiles seemed to reach her eyes, Her tone was non welcoming and she looked as if she was trying so hard to not lose control, to others she may seem normal, but not to me, I had so many questions looming over my head but I kept them to myself, Her body felt warm in my hands, and I almost didn't want to let her go.

I had a hunch she didn't lock her door, and I was right, old habits did die hard indeed, I carried her upstairs taking about four steps at a time and went in the first room , Kicking the door open and rushed in to place her on her soft plushy bed, ensuring she was comfortable and went to run her a cold bath.

''Hey ,Cullen, get some ice for me' ,I ordered, and he nodded sprinting downstairs, her bathroom was fairly large size and I was grateful she had a tub, this just made my work so much easier, I turned on the tap adjusting to its coldest temperature hoping it would cool her down for at least a little while as I figured out what I'd do with her.

I was done a few minutes later, when Cullen knocked on the bathroom door calling my name, he threw me the ice bags and quickly moved away rushing downstairs as If he'd just seen a ghost, rude.

Alarmed at his behavior, I went to check on what would have thrown him off like that, My nose scrunched up as I opened the bathroom door, Adora's heavy arousal scent engulfing me in its deliciousness, making my dick twitch a bit in my pants, I closed the door quickly, attempting to hide away from the temptation that was waiting outside, now feeling envious at Cullen's wise move of running away, Shit! Of course, this would happen the first day I saw her, great.

I felt myself being drawn to the beautiful girl laying so peacefully on her bed fuck, Fuck! ''Control Derek, control, control your fucking self, control'' I whispered to myself as I made the courageous move of opening the door and moving to carry her to the tub,

I stopped myself from sniffing her body as I placed her in the tub and immersed her fully in, with only her head out to allow her to breathe, she jumped at the coldness of the water, moving her hand to hold mine as she squeezed it tightly, her heavy breaths loud enough to be heard even in the next room.

I could tell she still wasn't fully conscious, and even though her body temperature had cooled down a bit, I knew I had to undress her, to let her body breathe freely without any barriers, It just kept getting better and better, sarcastic sigh, and to think that she'd wanted Tony to be the one to do this, not now Derek.

I slowly removed my hand from hers and went to get her a bubble bath liquid soap from her bathroom cabinet, I undressed her, leaving her with only her undies and good Lord, if that hadn't been the hardest job that I'd had to in the past 24 hours.

I poured the ice in her bath after ensuring she was comfortable enough and turned to leave, to search for more ice or anything else to that would keep her at bay, just in case, plus I badly needed a distraction, when her soft hand suddenly grabbed mine, her sweet voice now speaking for the first time ever since we'd left the office.

''Nico, pleeasee don't go,'' She dragged out, my body heard and obeyed the request first before my mind could even process what it was she had said.

I stood still, keeping all my emotions in check, maybe I heard wrong, she couldn't have possibly called me that she wouldn't .....

''Nicholai, please don't leave me...don't leave me, not again ''. my heart ached a little at her broken voice, my doll begged me to stay, I knew she wasn't in the right state of mind right now, and that she wouldn't probably remember anything she had said or done after all this was over, but my heart.... it was broken at the state she was in, and not just because she was on heat, she had changed so much, I wasn't even sure she had any feelings left in her, but I hoped she did for her own sake, she had now become a walking façade, masking all of her private despair in the character she had become, and locking away everything else that once made her human.

I knew what staying with her in that room ,alone, meant, a wolf in heat was a dangerous animal to be near, and I wouldn't be able to control myself if I stayed here a little longer, no male would regardless their position, or situation, all rational thinking was thrown out of the window and all we could think of was devouring the female in need, giving us both our much needed release, but this was different, this was the only time she probably would ever need me in her life ,the only time she'd ever beg me to stay, and probably the only time she would be calling me Nicholai ever again, but then, I was fully aware of the consequences of losing control with her ,and I knew none of us would recover from the rejection yet again, and so with a heavy sigh, I did the only logical thing a man would do in a situation like this, I gently pried her hand away from me and left.