Erica had finally given up on wearing her backpack in front of her because it made doing the dishes impossible and she was really starting to get huge. She groaned at her burgeoning belly as she rinsed off the last of the metal serving spoons and set it on the drying rack. She peeled off her rubber gloves and wiped her hand over her forehead.
She'd been feeling more on edge today because the moon was coming. She could feel it in her bones like a low down ache that is so overwhelming it made her want to scream. She gripped the edge of the sink and took a few deep breaths trying to calm herself down. Everything around her was louder than normal which made her grit her teeth so hard it felt like her jaw was going to shatter.
She sensed him before she saw him and she thought about ducking. It would be way easier for her to leave the prison for a couple days so that no one got hurt. Before she got pregnant it was crazy during the moons but since she had? She lost fragments of time in a blood frenzy and she had no idea what she'd really done totally.
"Derek." She said as she turned around and did her best to put on her everything's cool face. She felt like she had failed but she really didn't care. What she cared about was how loud a couple of girls were being in the table area. She could hear everything they were saying and they were those annoying valley girl girls. Maybe like she was before the alphas. "God I wish they'd shut up!"