Chapter 29. Weight of Rejection

GRAYSON

The moment my feet met the ground after jumping out of Belle’s window, I reached out to Kyle.

“Kyle,” I said to him through mind-link.

His response was immediate.

“Well, hello there, Alpha. Nice to hear the sound of your voice on this fine morning. Although, I would have thought you would be…well, occupied after finding the luna yesterday—if you know what I mean.”

I forgot how much he could talk. I ignored his inappropriate comment—no time for his antics today. “I need you to come to Maine,” I said, getting straight to the point.

He didn’t respond for a few seconds.

“Uh, yeah, I don’t know if you know this, but you sort of put me in charge of an entire kingdom when you left, so I’m a little, um… extremely busy at the current moment—”

“I don’t care,” I interrupted. “This is more important. There is no kingdom without its queen. I need you here right fucking now. Belle is refusing to listen to me.”

“That’s because sh