Chapter 40. Interrupted Intimacies

GRAYSON

The night of the vampire attack…

Leaving Belle naked and disappointed in my bed was the hardest thing that I had ever done in my life. My wolf was beyond pissed. He wouldn’t stop growling in my head, sending me mental images of Belle’s beautiful, sad face as she lay nearly naked in a sheet, watching us leave.

I growled loudly. She deserves better than this.

I made my way to the edge of my territory, frowning when I saw Kyle and some of my pack warriors standing around doing nothing.

“What the fuck is going on?” I snapped as I approached them. They all turned and immediately fell to their knees and bared their necks to me. “Kyle,” I said. “Come here.”

Kyle stood and approached me slowly, obviously sensing my touchy mood.

“I thought you said this was an emergency,” I said when he was in front of me. “What’s going on here? You said there were vampires on the territory.”

Kyle opened his mouth to speak but then paused. He slowly rai