Chapter 3 Mating Season
Ayame sat up in her hide made bed and looked around. "It is too hot to be summer and it is hotter than we normally are. What is going on? Maybe I am sick? Hmm." She thought to herself. "Ayame, are you okay?" Koga asked as he sat up next to her. "I think I am getting sick, but I am okay other than that." Ayame replied, wishing she could go back to sleep.
"Ayame, tell me your symptoms." Koga said as he turned to face her. She sighed as she sat up and threw the blankets off her already warm body. "Hot. I am hot as all hell. Even for a wolf demon and it is fall. Not reason enough to be hot as hell. That is the only thing that I can think of is illness." Ayame said walking over to the bathroom where there sat a large bowl of water and put her hands in the water. "It's cold water." Ayame said with a sigh of happiness.
"Is there anything else that comes with your temperature?" He asked walking over to her. "No. Not that I am aware of as of yet." Ayame said before she pulled her hands out of the water and dunk her head in. "Ayame, please." Koga spoke as he pulled her head out of the water. "Koga, I feel so warm. I have never had this happen." Ayame replied sounding confused. She had never been sick in her life and was not about to start now. "Ayame, we have been married four months now. It seems that there is much to explain that your grandfather was not able to explain to you." Koga sighed slightly as he began to realize what was going on. "My dear, your grandfather left in his note that I was to explain something to you at the four month marker. Well, it seems that you have hit your stage of heat." Ayame groaned and looked at him. "No kidding! Without that I wouldn't have figured that out!" Ayame said before she realized what came out of her mouth. "I am so sorry. That was not what I wanted to come out and be said." Ayame apologized. "There is the aggression." Koga said with a slight sigh.
"Ayame, it is time. You are in heat. Mating Season has arrived for you and I." Koga tried to keep his smile hidden. "Wait. What!?" Ayame was confused and knew exactly what this meant for her. "You know what happens with marriage, Ayame. I know that you do not lack intelligence to figure it all out." Koga said taking her hand in his. "This is mating season. We are mates." Ayame's green eyes filled with tears and yanked her hand from his before she took off at a full run towards the mountains.
Ayame ran for some time and did not stop. She didn't look back either. Ayame cried as she got to the foot of the mountains. "Momma, please. I really need you now. I am so lost." Ayame said as she knelt next to the grave that was marked as her mother's. A tall woman with red hair appeared before Ayame. The woman's body see through, an apparition. "Ayame, dear. Please, don't cry any longer." The woman spoke softly as she put her hand on Ayame's shoulder. "Momma, I have missed you so much. Please, I need you." She began as she tried to hold back the tears. "There is so much that is happening and I don't think that I can handle it anymore. You, dad and Grandfather are gone; all I have is a husband that I am not even sure I love. I don't even know him." Her voice shook and the tears fell freely.
"Ayame, it will be okay. Please baby, don't cry." Her mother said wishing that she could wipe her daughter's tears away. "Momma, I don't want to feel like this anymore. I feel so weird. Hot and there are so many emotions." Ayame said as she cried harder, wishing that she could get the tears to stop. "Baby, it is okay. You are going to have to face these emotions and go back to him. Go back, sweetie." Her mother replied pushing Ayame's bangs from her face. "Go, baby. Go home." Ayame wiped the tears from her cheeks and sighed softly. "Okay, momma. I am going to head back and work things out." Ayame said kissing her mother's see through cheek and turned to go home at a full run.
Ayame walked into the house and smiled at Koga. "I am sorry that Ieft. I really am. I just needed to get some air." She said as he wrapped her arms around him and kissed him. "Wow. I don't know what you did out there, but damn I love what it did to you." Koga said pinning her to the bed. "Mmm." Ayame giggled beneath him. "I adore you, Ayame." Koga said with a smile as he nuzzled her neck. Ayame giggled happily as he began kissing on her. The two laid there wrapped in each other's arms just enjoying the company. "I am enjoying this, Koga. Just laying here with you." Ayame said running her fingers through his long hair.
"Koga, I realize what you meant now." Ayame said with a slight sigh. "I know that it is mating season and that as mates we will be unable to resist each other." Koga kissed her cheek with a smile. "Mates for life, my dear." He smiled at her before falling asleep on her stomach. "I love you, Koga." She murmured before falling asleep with her hand on the small of her back.
"Ayame, I know that it is hard." Her Grandfather said trying to sound comforting. "It is without a doubt hard. I wish that this was easier." She said sitting down in the meadow picking a yellow flower beside her. "I know. I wish that I had had more time to explain so many things things to you. There is much that you need to learn and so little time." He said to her as he sat beside her. "Ayame, you have to trust him. Trust your instincts." Ayame sighed softly as she laid back into the meadow looking up at the soft fluffy clouds. "Grandfather, I do not know him. How am I suppose to trust him if I do not know him." Ayame said frustratedly.
Ayame's eyes opened and she began to look around. Her green eyes bright and filled with emotion. She had only slept what felt like an hour, but had really been all afternoon. "Koga," Ayame said pushing at his shoulder. "Mmm. I don't wanna move." Koga spoke still asleep. "Koga, come on. I need you to move." Ayame said shaking him. Ayame began to try and wiggle out from underneath Koga.