“Priestess?” Grim looked from Tajah to me. “She isn’t a priestess; she is turning into a wolf.”
Tajah cleared her throat. “Beretta, I forgot my bag at the shop.” Beretta frowned and kneeled next to her. “It has some medicine in it that Journey will need. Will you be a sweet kitten and grab it for me?”
“I’m not a kitten,” she growled, but it came out more like a curious purr. “But I will fetch it for you.”
Beretta walked out the door, but Grim continued to stare at me as his mouth hung open. “What do you mean priestess? What the hell is going on?” Grim let go of my hand and instantly I whimpered. He grabbed it and pulled me to him.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that. I’m shocked, Journey.”
“Well, what do you expect? She tells you to trust her, she will live through the shift, and you have a hard time believing it. Would you have really believed it if she said, ‘Oh yeah, by the way, I have become the Goddess’s personal priestess and can communicate with her directly’?” Tajah shook her head and rubbed her eyes.
“Men really don’t get it do they? And some women,” she muttered. “Stupid masculinity shit.”
I glanced at the door and back to Tajah. “Y-you and Beretta?”
Tajah nodded, fiddling with her fingers. “She doesn’t know, yet. We have always had an attraction to each other, and she fears she isn’t enough for me. She hasn’t accepted it just yet, but I have. I’ve opened my soul to the goddess because of you. You both have given me hope, and once you shift, your power will be magnified, and instantly you will know who is to be paired. You’ll know what to do once you receive your wolf after your shift.”
I smiled. “Is that why you came here? To tell me that?”
She shook her head. “No, I came over because I needed to give you this–” The door opened, and Beretta came charging in with Tajah’s bag in hand.
“Thank you, kitten.”
Beretta purred deeply, standing behind Tajah. Beretta instantly calmed when she was close to her. While Tajah rummaged through her bag, my eyes connected with Beretta.
Oh, she knew. She definitely knew.
Her eyes said it all.
Tajah made a tsking noise and pulled out a packet of little pink pills. “Take these when your heat starts, and you won’t get pregnant. You need to at least wait one cycle before you both start trying to have pups. To make sure everything is regulated and all.” Tajah went to stand up, and I fell into Grim.
“H-heat? Wha?”
“I’ll let your mate explain that to you.” She smirked and leaned on Beretta as they walked to the door. “I hope to see you at the big Christmas party at the end of the month. I heard it was going to be a big ‘to do.’ We will need to write down all the matches you are going to be seeing, and we can work together on how to pair them all.”
My mouth hung open as she walked out the door, laughing to herself and holding onto Beretta.
“Ah,” I began until Grim led me to the same chair Tajah had sat in and directed me sit. He sat on his knees in front of me and laid his head in my lap.
“Alright, a lot of information here.” He sighed, brushing his hands through his locks. “You’re a priestess, is there anything else you haven’t told me?”
I shook my head, feeling guilty. He kissed me to stop the abrupt shaking and gripped the back of my hair with his fist. The tightness brought a pulsing desire to my core, and my lips parted.
“No more hiding stuff, even if I won’t believe it okay? I need to know everything, little mate.”
I tried to nod, but the grip on the back of my head prevented that. “I understand.” My legs tightened together, and the wolf smirked like he knew exactly what he was doing to me.
My pussy was already wet, ready to take him again. I purred, and Grim dropped his head to my lap once again, taking in the deep aroma of my arousal. I threaded my fingers through his hair, working the knots away.
As he lay in my lap, he explained what a heat—or estrus, more scientifically speaking—was and how female shifters felt during their first cycle. It wouldn’t be the worst, but it would definitely be a wakeup to becoming more of a wolf once I experience it.
The worst part was it could hit at any time. Once we both understood my cycle, we could plan. But if it started while we were in public and other shifters were around, it would definitely cause some problems for them. Grim would become completely territorial, and I would feel pain in my stomach and pussy until he soothed it with his cock.
That part didn’t seem so bad, but until my first heat, it would be something I worried about.
“So, I can’t get pregnant right now, even with this out?” I pulled the implant from my pocket, looking it over.
There was not a speck of blood and no scar from where it ‘fell out.’
