Chapter 39. Tearful Apology

BELLE

Without warning, an ear-shattering growl left Grayson’s mouth. He clutched his chest and his entire body shook as he bent down and began breathing heavily. He seemed to be in extreme pain. Having no clue what to do, I just watched.

Grayson shook his head violently and clutched his hair. He screamed “No!” loudly and fell to his knees.

This went on for a few minutes, and while it did I tried to come up with a plan for getting away from the crazy monster in front of me.

Had I caused this by saying I was going to leave? The last time he’d shifted in front of me, it hadn’t seemed nearly this painful.

What the hell is happening?

Suddenly, Grayson stilled as he looked down, still clutching his head. And then his eyes snapped to my wide, frightened ones. They were pitch black.

“Mate,” he said.

I scooted backward as far as I could as I looked at him through teary eyes. I brought my knees up and hugged them close to my chest.

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