Arrow Inferno
Chapter 125: Jeremy Stanton vs. Ryan Hicks ~ Feral attraction in the midst of hatred… In heat!

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"He's a man, Stanley." Mama Cora said with an incredulous look. "That's the most ridiculous analogy ever."

"Just saying," Stan murmured with a shrug.

"Actually, I've thought of it." Dr. Sanders muttered.

"Me too," Jeremy grumbled. "I mean there was what happened with Nash. Then the guys on the Island. Then the alphas..."

"The alphas?" Both Stan and Deloris asked with a shocked look.

"Uh-huh." Jeremy nodded. "That day we went to meet the alphas...they were all drawn to Ryan. Wanted to be around him...talk to him... It was almost as if there was a force that was..."

"How many days ago was that?" Dr. Sanders asked with a frown.

"Six days ago," Jeremy answered.

"Any peculiar irresistible scent...odour?"

"Yes actually." Jeremy groaned. "All I need to do is get a whiff of that mouthwatering scent. Then I'm ready to go no matter the time or place or how exhausted I am."

"Can you remember when you started smelling it?" The doctor pulled out a tablet from his bag and began to scribble away.

Dr. Sanders looked fascinated by what he was hearing. He suspected that the scent that according to the alpha his mate released, was sex pheromones. It was usually released by an individual, to attract another individual usually of the opposite sex, to encourage them to mate with them or to perform some other function closely related to sexual reproduction. Usually, females released it in spades when they were ready for breeding. The strange thing was that from how the alpha was describing it, his mate seemed to be releasing even more sex pheromones than the average female.

"That same day." Jeremy shrugged. "That day we met the alphas."

"Does he still have the...urge for sex?" The doctor asked.

"Oh yeah." Jeremy chuckled. "It's almost as if he craves my cum. He insists he doesn't want to waste even a drop so...he wouldn't even blow me to completion. He always wants that cum inside him. Sorry ladies." Jeremy gave a quick insincere apology to Deloris and Mama Cora. Neither was a werewolf so they did not see sexual talk as normal as the rest of them.

"If it is really the heat, then that day of the meeting was when it started." The doctor said with some relief. "You were very lucky Alpha. Because if it had been any other day but the first, I shudder to think what would have happened." Jeremy looked confused for a moment. Then his eyes widened when the full import of what the doctor had said hit him like a ton of bricks. "Oh fuck!" He gasped. "I would have killed them all..."

The estrous cycle, which was also known as heat, was a time of fertility that generally lasted between five and seven days for female werewolves. It was always accompanied by intense sexual cravings. During that time, the female released powerful sex hormones which every male in the pack reacted to, even the male pups. It could usually be a dangerous time, particularly if the female was not mated, because conflicts and fights could break out between males as each would be drawn to the female in heat. Sometimes females in heat would either keep to themselves or move out of the pack house temporarily to prevent conflicts. Males who had to be around a female in heat for one reason or the other, but didn't want to or weren't supposed to have sex with them could be given a shot of Zilka, which usually suppressed the urge for sex.

From what the doctor was saying, if they'd met the alphas on any other day apart from the first day of estrous, which was usually the mildest, each alpha would have wanted a piece of Ryan. And since no mate would be okay with other males trying to fuck his mate...definitely not an Ojah, Jeremy would have fought with the alphas. And that battle would have ended in only one way for the bloodthirsty Ojah... The death of each alpha who was in that meeting. "Shit!" Stan growled. "It would have been a massacre."

"If you think your mate would have stood by and allowed you to murder all those alphas, then you don't know him very well," Deloris said with a proud smile, her eyes sharp with intelligence.

"I repeat, the alpha's mate is a man." Mama Cora said curtly. "He can't possibly be in heat."

"What other reason is there?" Stan asked with a groan. "I know what I felt. It's staring us in the face."

"Let's not jump to conclusions." Dr. Sanders cleared his throat. "We have to be very sure. We can only be certain after the tests I'm going to run. In the meantime..." The doctor opened his bag and took out a syringe. "I have some...Zilka on me." He looked at Stan. "When the Alpha told me what happened to you when you saw Ryan, I gave myself a shot because I really don't want to die today." He held out the syringe to Stan. "No offense, Alpha." "None taken." Jeremy chuckled.

Stan took the syringe the doctor held out to him and without blinking an eye, quickly injected himself.

"Done." Stan gave the empty syringe back to the doctor and then turned his eyes on his AA and best friend. "Want a shot, Alpha?"

"He's my mate, asshole," Jeremy murmured gruffly. "I want to fuck him just as much as he wants me to. Care to tell me where Zilka fits into the equation?"

"Now I understand why you look so malnourished," Stan muttered, running his hand through his hair in a clear sign of worry. With a groan, he moved to the edge of his seat.

"Listen Jer, I'm sorry about what happened back there. You know there's no way I would go after what's yours if I was in the right frame of mind."

"I do," Jeremy murmured, slapping his friend on the back. "Why else do you think your dick is still attached to your body? Better apologize when you see him again. He was hurt by your behaviour." "Oh boy." Stan groaned.

"There's one more thing Alpha." Dr. Sanders said. "If he's in heat, and all that you've told me is accurate, then today is the seventh day and also the most...desperate. His need for sex will be most intense today. Should I still go ahead with the tests?"

"He's agreed to do it so don't worry Doc." Jeremy nodded.

"Very well, Alpha." Dr. Sanders said as he got to his feet. "If you don't mind, I'd like to go and set up my stuff now." He said as he signaled Michelle who was having a laugh with two of the staff at another table.

"I'd better come with you just in case..." Jeremy got to his feet and drew Stan out of his chair.

"I'd rather the good doctor went first," Stan grumbled.

"Aw don't be a baby Stanislav." Jeremy drawled. "My mate doesn't bite."

"Suck my dick, asshat," Stan muttered.

"No thanks, twerp."

And even as they left the restaurant, the two friends kept throwing insults back and forth to the amusement of Deloris and disapproval of Mama Cora.