… This is so embarrassing. … Who cries during their heat? Er… whatever this is? No one. Not one book she’s ever read mentioned such a thing. This is stupid… … Why can’t I stop? “Renee?” Kris stilled inside of her, yet another problem that inner being whined about. “You’re not the only one that feels that way, sweetheart…” Renee closed her eyes trying to maintain some sort of control over herself. She listened to her breath coming out in long drawn out waves, a sign to her that she’d be fine soon. She paid attention to the threadbare of the sheets she laid on, finding every single one irritating as she waited for her mind to be still. “I’ve waited for what feels like an eternity to be in your presence,” Kris admitted. “Longer than the Caverns. Longer than meeting you for the first t