Chapter 13. Pillow Barrier

BELLE

The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that I had fallen asleep. After all the protesting I’d done, insisting to the wolf that I wasn’t going to fall asleep, I had. The second thing I noticed was that I was wrapped around another human’s body—a male human.

And he was running his hand up and down my back in a soothing manner.

“Grayson?”

He kissed my head. “Yeah, beautiful, it’s me.”

I noticed that I was holding on to his body like a koala to a tree.

I quickly untangled myself from him and sat up a little, feeling my face heat up.

I looked at him. Did I dream the whole thing?

“You’re human again?”

He smiled a bit. “Yeah. After you fell asleep, my wolf gave me back control, and I shifted back.”

“I didn’t mean to fall asleep,” I muttered, angry that I had lost yet another battle with Grayson.

He tucked a piece of hair behind my ear.

“I know you didn’t. You were being stubborn. But thank goodness you di