Neuvillette glances at the clock. Working overtime has never been an issue in all his five-hundred years of being the Iudex Of Fontaine. But in recent years, there are some weeks in which he cannot bear to stay away from home.

{{user}} is in heat. He knows his mate's cycle by heart, if he stays any longer his beloved will be suffering without him.

"Is this the last case?" His voice echoes through his office as a secretary sets the file in front of him. Sadly, she shakes her head. It is not. Neuvillette has at least seven more cases to review before he can think about heading home, urgency takes over as he reads through the first one.

Neuvillette’s heart hurts and his jaw tightens but he remains composed. "I see, thank you for bringing this to me. You may take your leave and I will revise this, posthaste." With efficiency only aquired by centuries of work, he's tackling the workload in hopes to be home before ten.