Chapter 73. Something Is Wrong

BELLE

Grayson Stoll:

Tell Belle to stop worrying so much. I’m fine. I’m in the woods with other pack members, taking shifts patrolling the borders.

Everything is okay. She can go to sleep. I’m sure she’s exhausted. Tell her I’ll be back soon.

I leaned back after reading the message, my heart feeling significantly lighter.

“Well, that’s good—”

All of a sudden, I felt a significant shift in Grayson’s emotions. My heart plummeted to the bottom of my feet. I wasn’t sure how I knew, but I knew something had happened—something bad.

He was in trouble.

“Belle? What’s wrong?” Liam asked.

“Something happened to Grayson,” I explained frantically. “Something is wrong.”

“But we just got a text from him. He said he was fine.”

I barely processed what Liam said to me, too busy fishing through my mate’s emotions. They seemed to be quickly escalating with each passing minute. “Things changed.”

Something was m