Rush Against Time by Willow Brooke Page B

have ever had in your life!”  Once again, Christina playfully whacked her on the shoulder again. 
    Jessa just shook her head, not quite sure what to make of the situation.  “So, what did happen then?”
    Autumn moved the colorful quilt over and sat beside Jessa and Logan on the couch.  “It is starting.  The heat is making you ill, sweetie.  Thankfully, now you won’t have to wait and endure it any longer.”
    She shook her head in confusion.  “What do you mean?”
    Autumn ’s eyebrows arched up.  “Well, from what Logan has told me, you two are mates.  So you can mate with him and get over the heat.  Problem solved.” 
    “ I don’t know, I mean, I have weird feelings, but...”  Her sentence trailed off as she stared off in the distance.  Something wasn’t right.  She could feel the pull to Logan, and felt the urge to mark him.  Her heart swelled more and more, making her fall for him with every passing moment.  But something just wasn’t right…or was missing.  Shit.  I don’t know!  I don’t understand these feelings.  I don’t understand these thoughts and sensations, and cravings… Ugh!
    They all stared at her as if she had grown a hand out of her forehead.  She dropped her vision to the floor and hoped the endless darkness would return and she could pass out. It was easier—headache or not.  Before the tears that were now welling up in her eyes could fall, Christina shooed Logan away and sat on the other side of her. 
    “ Everyone, can you give us a minute please?  Autumn and I need to speak to Jessa alone.”  The rest of the bunch left the room without question. 
    Christina grabbed Jessa’s hand and held it palm up.  “Jessa, your mixed feelings are normal.  I can see what troubles you and weighs your thoughts.  Logan is your mate.  Just not the only one.”
    Jessa could swear her jaw hit the floor.  She looked between Autumn and Christina, back and forth, until Autumn giggled.  “You are going to give yourself whiplash, girl.  I could sense something was off but couldn’t get into your thoughts.  I knew Christina would be able to pick your brain and find out exactly what was going on, and what was wrong if anything.  So…is it three like I predicted?”
    Christina grinned.  “Yep.  And, boy is she in for a surprise.”  Jessa couldn’t speak.  This was unreal.  First the fact that Christina could sort out her feelings when she couldn’t, and now she knew how many. But who her mates were made her shake her head in disbelief. 
    Both Autumn and Jessa looked on at her, waiting for her to elaborate, but all she offered was a huge smile.  Finally, Jessa couldn’t take it anymore.  “And?”
    “ And…nothing.  I can’t tell you who, or when, or even how.  It could mess things up.  Destiny has to run its own course, and unfold its secrets how it has been fated to be.  Relax. I promise you that everything will be absolutely wonderful, Jessa.”
    Jessa boiled with frustration, emotions, and the now-tormenting horniness that was literally driving her bat shit insane.  Not just feeling crazy, but literally making irrational thoughts cloud in a thunderstorm in her head.  If she didn’t know better, she would swear her brain was leaking out through every orifice.  She stood and threw her hands up in the air.  “I can’t take this shit anymore!  I am losing my ever-loving mind!  My emotions are ridiculous!  Then my body had to start having a mind of its own, which just so happens my wolf is playing on the same team—against me!  Now I find out that I am destined to mate with not one—not two—but three barbaric, egotistical horn-dog wolves!  To top it all off, I get riddles dropped like a cherry on the sundae of disastrous hell!”  When the last bit of her rant left her lips, she turned on her heels and stomped out of the room toward the bathroom. 
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    Logan went running from the kitchen when he heard Jessa yelling.  Thankfully he