She remembered everything.

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She had asked her friend out to Kit’s bar, to tell her about the new promotion at her job. And maybe, she thought, she could finally work up the courage to tell Bette how she felt.

“Congratulations! I’m so proud of you, T.” Bette beamed a charming smile, and leaned in to give her blonde companion an embrace.

The brunette’s radiating warmth was soothing. She might have a little too much to drink, her head felt cloudy. So she buried her face in the crook of Bette’s neck, lips nearly touching the strong but tender flesh. The unmistakable pheromone enveloped her senses. Unlike herself, Bette never tried to hide her charm, never took suppressants to tame the wild dominating inner self.

Bette generously planted a kiss on the shell of her ear, hugging her closer till their breasts pressed together.

She heard the woman let out a small sigh that brushed over her skin and pricked at her hair. The strong body in front of her called at her, drawing her closer. And before she knew it, her flat stomach met a slight bulge. She gingerly guided her hips forward, curiously rubbed against it, and felt the warm body stiffen as the protrusion jumped.

“It’s her… her… oh!” Tina instantly blushed, reddening from her neck to her cheeks.

For sure the brunette was embarrassed. She was embarrassed by the piece of her that she took most pride in. Alice used to tease her, saying wherever she went, she carried a semi hard-on just in case. It used to be true. But this time was her honest reaction. She withdrew from the hug a little too fast and rushed off apologetically, certainly to the bathroom to splash cold water on her face.

An intense flush suddenly took over. Uh-oh. She gripped the edge of the bar, feeling this strange sensation too strong and too unpredicted. Her groin quivered, moist heat emitting from the base of her panties.

“Oh my god… Oh my god it came early.” She rummaged through her bag for her suppressant pill, and when she couldn’t find it, she panicked.

If she didn’t get the hell out of here and find herself some suppressant, she’d surely experience something like her first heat, or worse, end up tied with a stranger Alpha. That would be definitely worse than her first heat. The more she tried to calm down, the more she tensed, and the more she sweated, sending off her pleading pheromone in the hot, dense air.