The crash of hormones as her body finally settled down had been a shock. It had been gradual, slipping away slowly the last couple days. Then today she woke up, the burning need completely gone. With her mind finally clear to think without crazy hormones plugging her up Terra looked over the last couple of days.
And decided maybe it wasn't the best idea to go out of the territory for a while. Maybe a month or so.
In fact, she might not even be able to leave her room. Not only had she been hitting on every male she'd seen, making a complete fool of herself, she'd also made a lot of noise, let loose her name all over the place, and almost jumped a new pack member that she'd forced to submit to her. Melting into a puddle in her mattress Terra groaned. She couldn't even claim that she'd been drunk at the time. The only thing controlling her had been instincts. Drakien probably wanted nothing to do with her, let alone that male who'd tried to force her, and the nice one that had rescued her. That wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't for the fact that she promptly began to repeat her mistake with him. And Shandom!
The worst part was she had been warned. Granted, that was after the first ten days of madness, but after that she'd clearly been told she was in heat and to stay at home in her pack where she'd be safe. Instead she'd gone round bugging their neighbors with her moodiness and running wild through the festival. Cracking an eye open Terra stared at what had been an empty closet. Over the course of the festival it had filled up quite rapidly with her stolen goods, all kinds of shiny objects and scraps of fabric stuffed inside. She doubted she could find her daggers in that mess at all. Terra had no need for all of that, simply taking it to sate her want at the time, filling it with other petty items that filled her mind.
That cheered her up a little. Terra hadn't been completely nuts. True, she was now going to have to explain why she'd been attempting to jump every male she saw and then rudely turning them away as they tried to give her what she asked for, but Terra had followed her instincts. Everything was cared for. Terra had played, and while her games had not been the usual variety, maybe after a little while Terra could come out without feeling the need to drown herself with embarrassment. After all, it hadn't really been that bad. Then again...
Deciding she needed a distraction to cheer her up Terra climbed out of the mattress. Shaking her fur Terra glanced at the closet, shaking her head slightly. She'd need to find something to do with all of that stuff somehow. For now though, she was hungry. Even more important, she had changed, and Terra wasn't yet fully aware how changed she was. The burning desire was gone, but Terra had the feeling that if she wanted to Terra could summon that part of her again. It wasn't just something to control her, it was now part of her, that lust and need.
Trotting through the grounds Terra sniffed the air. A delicious smell reached her nose. Not recognizing it Terra turned, finding a bunch of horses padlocked together. Terra drooled slightly, tongue lolling out. That looked like a good meal. In fact, if she put some effort into it, Terra might even be able to take one down on her own. The pack would really like that. The fog of the past while still sat in her mind, clouding her with instincts that Terra now had to regain control over. Carefully she selected a young horse, the perfect age to be taken down. There was enough meat on it for everyone to eat. Carefully she slipped through the fence, moving to begin driving it from the others.
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