Tempest and Mexyn talked for a little while longer about her mysterious forbidden love. It felt just like Tempest was back at home. Gossiping with a girlfriend.

It surprised Tempest how much she truly enjoyed just talking with her. Even when she was back on earth it had been a long time since she’d just been able to talk to someone who wasn’t Sam. She thought she had a friend in Riley but that didn’t turn out to be true on account of she being the one who was having an affair with Tempest long-term boyfriend.

"So, I guess we should get to the point of my visit? I do enjoy talking to you but I’m thinking Dron might want to come inside sometime soon." Mexyn looked over to the window. Dron was still outside but he’d passed by the window a few times to check in to see if Mexyn was still there. At least that is what Tempest thought.

"Yeah, I guess so." Tempest raked her hand through her hair. No matter how close she felt to Mexyn this was still an uncomfortable subject to bring up. "Well, I wanted to talk you specifically about the heat process."

"The temperature? Oh, yes, Thraqe is much warmer than what you are used to on your native planet. I guess it would take some getting acclimated."

Tempest groaned and shook her head. "No, not my typical term for heat. I’m talking about you guys. The omega’s heat."

Mexyn’s jaw dropped slightly, "Oh. I see." She gave Tempest a tight smile before she nodded her head, signaling for Tempest to continue.

"Yeah, I’m a little confused. Actually. I don’t see how it’s possible in the first place. I’m not from Ustea. I don’t see how I would be affected by whatever happens to the omegas here."

"Let me stop you there," Mexyn put her hand up before she took a breath. "You will have a heat cycle. All your medical test indicate that you are in your prime reproductive age."

Tempest’s eyes went wide. "What? How are you sure? Maybe it’s something different from me. After all there is no other human who—"

Mexyn cut her off again, "There was a human who was brought here and immediately went into heat. It was intense."

Tempest gasped and leaned in a little closer. "Intense like painful?"

"It didn’t start that way, but by the end it was." Mexyn nodded.

"Oh...Oh crap. Really? I don’t want that. How can I stop it from happening?"

"Why would you want to stop it from happening? Even after your time here, wouldn’t you want to have children?"

"Yes, I want to have children one day, a long, LOOONG time from now. And I don’t want to have to go through a heat in order to conceive one."

Mexyn tilted her head as if she were trying to process what Tempest was saying, "I see, unfortunately, as an omega a heat is necessary. Once you get through the first dozens or so the effects should be less severe."

"Dozen! Oh crap! So do I have to go through this every month? I’m assuming the heat cycle lines up with my ovulation cycle?"

Mexyn nodded again, she was in full teaching mode now. "Yes, it would line up with what the humans call ovulation."

"So why does it hurt? Isn’t there any medication to combat the effects?"

"There is medication that will suppress a heat but it’s used as a punishment or decree by the holy order."

Tempest’s eyebrows furrowed in." Punishment? Decree? Why would the holy order want to suppress an omega’s heat?"

"Easy, because once an omega takes the holy route, she will never be allowed to mate. It’s better to have a docile omega than one writing in pain."

"Docile?" Tempest thought about that for a moment, "You mean if I took this medicine I’d be walking around like a zombie?"

Another head tilt from Mexyn, "If by zombie you mean lacking emotion than yes."

"More than what you are already..." Tempest stopped herself. She didn’t want to offend Mexyn, especially when she seemed to be going out of her way to give her the information that she needed.

Mexyn smiled picking up the meaning of Tempest’s words without her actually saying the rest. "Yes, even more than the typical serene nature of the omegas in the public."

"I’m sorry, I don’t think I could live like that." Tempest groaned and chewed on the edge of her thumb nail.

"Honestly, I don’t think I could either. It’s one of the reasons why I went against my mother’s wishes for me to join the holy order in the first place."

"Okay, so getting out of having a heat isn’t going to happen. That’s what you’re telling me?"

Mexyn grimaced slightly, "Not unless you want to have a complete hysterectomy."

"Hysterectomy!" Tempest shouted and saw something flicker out of the corner of her eye. When she looked up to the window, she spied Dron standing there, the ax like tool still in his hand and a sour look on his face.

Tempest hoped that he wasn’t eavesdropping, but I doubt he would be happy about her talking about having a hysterectomy.

She waved at Dron and gave him a soft smile which seemed to be enough to for him to walk away and continue pretending as if he were doing something outside.

"Okay, no. I definitely don’t want a hysterectomy." Tempest lowered her voice.

"I didn’t think so. But why does the heat cycle bother you so much? It’s only bad if you don’t cooperate with the process."

"But what is the process? That’s the part I don’t understand. We don’t have this for humans on earth. I don’t know anything about it. What would I need to do?"

Mexyn was silent for a second. She glanced at the window before she leaned in closer and lowered her voice to barely a whisper. "I take it you are still against mating with Dron?"

"Correct, that’s not on the table."

"Okay, well, that makes it more difficult, but it’s not impossible. A heat cycle is just the body releasing endorphins, serotonin, and other hormones. It gets the body ready for copulation. There is a strong desire to bear children and usually only one way to go about doing that."

"So sex... you’re saying in order for me to get through this heat cycle, I’m going to need to have sex." The thought absolutely terrified her. She didn’t want her first time to be dictated by some hormones that she couldn’t control.

The more Tempest thought about that, the sillier the notion sounded to her. Isn’t that precisely when she should lose her virginity? When she was so overcome with love, desire, and lust that all she wanted to do was be connected with her partner in every way? She was already married to Dron. He showed her more respect than Sam ever did. He was attentive. He cared about her pleasure. The more she thought about it the less of a reason she could come up with not to go through with it.

Still, she wasn’t ready. Not yet. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Yes, sex but it doesn’t have to be the typical version. We have tools that could help."

Tempest’s cheeks went cherry red. She could feel them burning as she cleared her throat and continued, "You’re talking about sex toys? Like dildos?"

Mexyn tilted her head, her eyes brightened and she nodded her head, "Yes, exactly."

"What if... I mean, I’ve never been fully penetrated. I’d rather not have my first time be with a toy."

"Oh, that adds a little more difficulty. You won’t be able to achieve full relief from non-penetrative sex, but there are still a few other ways to at least take the edge off."

"Okay, tell me about those. Let me hear my options."

Mexyn went on a short teaching spell about all the different tools that Tempest could use for orgasm. They seemed to have everything from vibrators to electrodes. When Mexyn started showing Tempest pictures of the devices on her wrist, Tempest knew she had gotten the gist of what she could do to get through her heat.

"You have more questions." Mexyn said patiently.

"No... well, yes... I mean just one major one. What is it going to feel like? You said it was painful. Why is it painful?"

"It’s painful simply because your uterus will contract as it readies to be stretched. The orgasms your mate is supposed to give to you and his penis are supposed to fill the so called void. The pain is more of a dull ache, by the end, with the combination of hormones, the pain turns into an intense, hollow cramping feeling. The orgasms will help, but without penetration, you still may have some cramping."

"Great, so what you’re saying is I’m about to turn into a raging bitch?" Tempest sighed and fell back against the couch.

"I don’t know what a female canine has to do with this situation, but I’m just going to go with you. If "bitch" is what I think it means, then yes, you will not be a pleasant person to be around." Mexyn shrugged softly.

Tempest closed her eyes for a second before she opened them again and looked up to see Dron loitering by the window.

She didn’t know how she was going to get through this without him, but she knew one thing for certain. If she allowed him to help her through her heat, there was no way she’d survive with her virginity in tact.