Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 491

Chapter 491: Runaway Mate

LYCANTHROPIC MEDICAL ARCHIVES, VOL. III

"Bondfire Fever: Understanding and Surviving the Mating Fever"

Filed under: Mating Bonds, Instinctual Disorders, Pack Reproductive Health

—Classified Text Reserved for Advanced Healers and Pack Medics Only—

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There were stages to the mating fever—or the Bondfire as some called it—the best cruel gift from the goddess.

The first was the Spark, also referred to as the initial trigger. It begins the moment fated mates come into proximity or lock eyes.

Then their heart races, and the scent of the other becomes intoxicating. Mates could literally feel each other like a low hum across their skin, as though their nerves were reaching out.

This particular stage is quite seductive but easy to ignore until it isn’t anymore.

The second stage becomes the Pull, or heightened craving. It is the point where the fever begins to settle beneath your skin, and every thought becomes obsessive.

At this point, there’s the deep, relentless throb between your thighs. It’s as if your body is starving for one specific touch—and not just any—but your mate’s. Nothing else will do.

This is usually followed by the Scent Madness, where everything smells like him even when he’s clearly not around. Then there’s the trembling hands, hypersensitivity, and the possessive instinct that starts to form.

Many people fold at the second stage. It is resistible with discipline, but difficult if emotionally vulnerable.

Do note: The intensity of the mating fever differs from person to person. Hence, some might experience the first and second stages instantly, or one at a time.

The third becomes the Burn, or Physical Onset, and ninety percent give up at this point. It is due to the fact that the body begins to overheat, and the need for physical contact becomes near unbearable.

At this point, it’s no longer just attraction but raging need. The wolf in her whines for release, desperate to be filled, marked, and bred.

There’s body sensitivity such that a simple shirt brushing across the nipples is enough to cause tremors of desire, or actual pain from resisting. Then fever cramps in the gut or between the legs, involuntary slickness, mental fog, and enhanced aggression.

The danger level is high at this stage, as forced separation may cause emotional outbursts or physical breakdown.

The fourth stage is popularly known as the Frenzy, or Instinct Override. It is the peak of the Bondfire when reason becomes non-existent. The wolf completely takes over. They hunt, bite, rut, claim—and would not be stopped. It is a primal, desperate, and dangerous stage that only mating and marking can cure completely.

Symptoms associated with this stage are possessive mania, loss of control, full-body tremors, near-constant arousal, and hallucinations of the mate.

At this stage, unmated wolves have been known to go feral, or worse, die from the stress if rejected for too long. No one has been known to overcome this stage.

Then the last and final stage is the Crash, or Post-Frenzy Collapse.

Since no one escapes the Frenzy stage, this is considered the successful stage when mating is completed and the fever melts into euphoric calm. At this point, the wolves are settled, and the bond seals.

The symptoms of this stage are weakness, soreness, confusion, and intense emotional vulnerability.

There’s no known danger level with this, as no wolf has been recorded to have reached this point without completing the bond.

However, in some rare cases where the bond is partially activated but not fulfilled, the fever may recede temporarily. But it always comes back stronger and more violent.

Note: There have been no recorded cases of a wolf riding out a mating fever. You don’t. You only crawl through it, clawing your sanity back inch by inch—and pray you don’t fuck around and beg for the very mate you ran from.

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