Sold To The Alphas I Hate-Chapter 311: Phantom Heat- I

Eira’s POV

Roman and Jason got better, and all of us got back to our usual routines. I could sense something was going on between the others, something serious which they avoided talking about in front of me.Maybe it was due to my pregnancy and not to stress me out, or maybe it had nothing to do with me.

I had been reading the books dedicatedly, and a particular topic I read about made me feel like my body had started to act that way.

Phantom heat.

I had been restless since the morning, just the way it had been mentioned in the book, and how Phantom heat could be just as intense for a rare blood like me.I couldn’t help but wonder, if I truly went through it, what would I do?

Kael was my mate, but Roman and Lucian wanted to mate with me as well. Roman had marked me already, while Lucian had already expressed his desire that night.Rafe, though teased and tried to seduce me, had already told me he had no intentions of mating with me, and Jason was sane enough to know his place in my life.

Now, the other three were left, and I didn’t want any conflict to be there, and I wouldn’t be forced to choose someone on my own.It would hurt my mate, a father of kids, then it would hurt the other two as well.

I better prepare myself to hide somewhere and endure it on my own. And also warn them to stay away from me, so nothing between them will mess up.And there was no way I was going to let them have me at once. I didn’t want to hurt my baby.

I was quiet for half a day, lost in my own thoughts and trying to convince myself that the symptoms are not what I was thinking. My mind was getting restless, and I was barely containing it.

After lunch, the annoying Vampire couldn’t help but ask.

"Have a snake bitten your tongue today, that you rarely said a word, Caldwell? Planning to save our ears?"

Already volatile, I couldn’t hold myself, "Yeah. Now bow before me. Thank me."

"Woh! So angry? Who offended you now?" he teased, "Or it’s just your pregnancy hormones."

"You... It’s you... your presence is enough to annoy the hell out of me," I lashed out, "Just get the hell out and don’t show up in front of me."

There was a silence around the moment I said it. Everyone looked at me, and I realised I truly went overboard.

"Don’t worry, I will," he said, "Soon."

Anger and sudden guilt gripped my heart. If I stayed here, I might say something really bad which I didn’t truly mean. I found it impossible to control my anger, my emotions.

What would Raven think about me? If I continued this way, he would think I was a bad person.

I stood up from my place, "I want to be alone. Don’t disturb me anymore," and left the home.

The only place that I could find peaceful at the moment was the side house.

Entering the side home, I locked the door. I just wanted to hide somewhere. It happened the same way when I had my first heat. But Kael found me anyway.

I just hoped they would understand this time that it was a phantom heat and leave me to handle it on my own.

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Lucian’s POV

It was evening now, and Eira had locked herself in the side house since noon. She hadn’t come out to ask for any food either, as she was feeling frequent hunger these days.We considered that she must have used whatever was in the kitchen of the side house. Kael made sure to keep it full since the day he and she mated.

When Roman went to the side home in the late afternoon, she didn’t open the door for him, but told him she was fine and to leave her alone until she came out on her own.We had no choice but to listen to her.

Kael was calm the entire time. He didn’t make any effort to take food or water to his mate, or ask about her, as if he was respecting her wishes.As her mate, he must be aware of her situation. He could feel her through the bond.

I had my suspicions now. I think the others must have them as well, but no one said it aloud.She was Kael’s mate, his fated mate, and he would decide for her first.

As our Alpha and a brother, we trusted his decisions.

It was late, dinner time had passed, and Eira still hadn’t shown up. We made Raven eat and sleep, as he didn’t need to know what was going on.

"We shall go to her," I suggested.

Kael seemed to have already decided on it and went to the side house, while we watched him from a distance. We weren’t sure if she would let out strong pheromones in Phantom heat as well, so it was better to stay away rather than going crazy.

Kael knocked on the door. "Eira, are you alright?"

There was no response.

"If you won’t respond, I will enter the house," he said.

No response yet.

Kael waited for a while and kicked the door open as it was locked from inside. He looked calm on the surface, but worried inside.

We all held our breaths to know if she was fine. After a few moments, my cellphone rang.

It was Kael’s call.

"How is she?" I asked quickly, only to hear something shocking.

"What?" I exclaimed, my brother equally stunned.

Eira wasn’t in the side house.

Four of us rushed to the side house where Kael had finished inspecting the home. He was standing by the rear side window of the house. It was open.

If the door was locked from inside, then she had escaped through the window.

"She was here until an hour before," Kael said, as he could tell it from Eira’s scent in this place.

"Where has she gone?" Roman asked. "We need to look for her."

We went to the rear of the house and stopped at a certain place the moment that strong, different scent hit us. It wasn’t as strong as when she was in actual heat, but it was still dangerous.

"She is truly in heat," I mumbled.

Rafe, who was already being careful but followed us out of worry for her, stepped back, his entire body rigid.

"Rafe," I turned to him.

He shook his head as if he shouldn’t have been here, and left at the speed of wind.

There were others to take care of Eira, but Rafe. He needed me.

I looked at Kael, letting him know my intentions, and left after Rafe.