Chapter 31 – Kidnapped by My Mate Novel (Belle & Grayson) Online Free by Annie Whipple

Filed To Story: Kidnapped by My Mate Novel (Belle & Grayson) Online Free by Annie Whipple

And he was the only person here who I was comfortable around.

I shook my head, trying to clear the tears away. I will not be this girl.  I would not be the clingy, codependent girl I was acting like right now.

I was going to be strong and get through this.

I was probably just affected by his words so much because of the stupid mate bond.

I squared my shoulders and straightened, wiping away my tears. A new determination ran through me.

I decided to get dressed and show myself around the pack. I thought about asking Kyle to show me around, but couldn’t imagine taking him away from Elijah.

They needed time to catch up. And my newfound independence fueled me.

I started with the floor that I was on and slowly made my way up each floor of what Grayson called the ‘pack house.’

It was insanely impressive, with too many rooms to count and tons and tons of people. I tried to smile and start a conversation with some we passed in the hallways, but no one would look at me. They’d give me short answers and treat me like I was that one girl from class that nobody liked.

It was beyond strange.

As the day went on, my spirit felt more broken. This was not the first day living with Grayson that I had been imagining. All I wanted to do was to go find him and refuse to leave his side, even if that meant sitting next to him silently while he worked.

But I held myself back, remembering our conversation from earlier this morning.

I would hopefully see him tonight.

It was late in the afternoon, and I was getting really hungry.

I tried going into each of the pack house’s three kitchens to find some food, but they were filled with huge werewolves tearing through the pantries to cook.

I was extremely intimidated.

I was so much smaller and weaker than all of them.

Once when I’d tried to snag an apple off a counter, one of the male werewolves grabbed it before me and took a bite while making intense eye contact that said,

“Back off.”

I had left immediately after that.

I decided to talk to Grayson about food when I saw him later tonight. Maybe he would take me to the kitchen and show me where everything was.

I had no problem making my own food, but I just needed to know how to get around all of the angry werewolves.

I sat in Grayson’s room for a couple of hours, feeling like that was the only place I could really be without being a bother. I kept reminding myself that the first days were always the hardest—that it always got better. I’d learned that from all of the jobs I’d had over the years.

Maybe I could find something to do to help out around here and earn my keep since Grayson would be busy during the day. People seemed to always be working and moving.

There had to be something around here that I could do. Maybe tomorrow I could try to find some books on werewolves and educate myself on this new world that I was now a part of.

When the sun set, my excitement to see Grayson rose.

I had no intention of telling him anything about what had happened to me today with his pack or how horrible I felt.

I didn’t want to add anything else to his plate. Instead, I had come up with a list of everything I liked about his pack, and was going to tell him about that.

After changing into my-his pajamas and getting ready to sleep, I sighed and walked over to his bed, where I plopped down face-first. It was only eight, but I was exhausted.

This had been the worst day ever.

I tried to stay awake for as long as possible, hoping to get to talk to Grayson, but I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I drifted off into a restless sleep.

Sometime during the middle of the night, I was awoken by the feeling of fiery kisses on my neck. My eyes flew open immediately and I gasped, recognizing the familiar sparks.

“Grayson?” I asked into the darkness, reaching out for him.

“Mm-hmm?” he asked as he continued his kissing and gripped my waist.

I blinked as my eyes adjusted to the light.

My heart soared when I realized that he seemed to be in a better mood than the last time I’d seen him. He seemed to have found his old passion for physical contact with me.

I sighed in relief. I guess he was just stressed earlier.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled his lips to mine for a deep kiss that chased all the tension out of my body. After a few minutes, I pulled away to try to catch my breath, and Grayson returned to kissing my neck.

I tried shoving him away from me playfully so that I could see him and talk to him, but he just growled loudly and snapped his teeth at me. Okay…

Suddenly, he tore my shirt to shreds so that my bare chest was on full display.

Grayson didn’t waste any time as he latched his mouth onto my breast roughly.

I gasped and my back arched involuntarily.

My mind was all foggy from his sinful mouth, but somewhere in there, there was logic. This was getting way too hot, way too fast. I grabbed his hair and tried to pull him away from my chest, but again he growled roughly. He wouldn’t look at me, so I couldn’t see the color of his eyes, but I could only assume that his wolf had taken over.

“Grayson,” I tried again. His lips were moving down my stomach now. I was starting to panic as he got closer to my center. “Grayson, stop!” I said firmly.

Acting as though I had said nothing at all, he continued his trek downward until he finally reached my cotton panties. It was then that I remembered I had only worn underwear and one of his shirts to bed.

This didn’t leave many obstacles for him to get through before I was completely naked.

My heart rate increased as I tried to move away from him. I wasn’t ready anymore.

Something was off, and I didn’t want to do anything with him while he was acting like this.

I pushed him away more forcefully and tried to get out from under him.

“Grayson, I mean it. Stop.”

A dark chuckle left his mouth. His black eyes connected with mine and he smirked at me.

“Oh, come on, Belle. Have a little fun. I’ve been dying to have you. Let’s finish what we started last night.”

I shook my head. “Not tonight. I’m not ready right now.”

“I’m not ready,” he imitated me in a high-pitched voice. “That excuse is getting old.

All you have to do is lie there while I do all the work.”

My jaw dropped at his words. I couldn’t believe he’d just said that.

What had happened to the man who’d told me he would wait as long as I needed—

who’d taken me into his arms when I’d been embarrassed about my lack of experience?

I tried to pull away again, but he just latched a hand onto my leg and squeezed painfully. His other hand moved up to the band of my panties and began to pull them down. Panic was creeping in.

I grabbed his hand to stop him, kicking my legs upward. “Grayson, I said no! Stop!”

When one of my feet connected with his jaw, he jolted backward. “Are you kidding me?”

I immediately sat up and placed my back against the headboard, trying to get as far away from him as I could. I grabbed the sheet and wrapped it around myself.

I didn’t even notice I was crying until I felt tears traveling from my eyes down to my neck.

Grayson looked furious. His entire body was shaking with anger.

“What the fuck kind of mate are you? First, I get stuck with a human, and now you won’t give me the pleasure that you owe me?”

A sob escaped my throat. I shrank further in on myself. “What do you mean? What are you talking about?” I paused. “Do you really mean that?” I managed to get out.

He nodded. “What the fuck are you crying for? If anyone should be upset it should be me. This is your duty as my mate. Your only duty. What else are you good for?”

“Excuse me?” I snapped. “My only duty? Having sex with you is not my job! I am not here to be some object for your personal pleasure!”

I tried to keep my words strong, but toward the end of my speech, my voice began to shake.

I covered my face with my hands to try to hide the pathetic tears spilling from my eyes.

I heard Grayson sigh. There was a shuffling of the sheets and then I felt his hands wrap around my wrists to uncover my face. I flinched at the contact and moved away. Another sigh.

“Baby, I’m sorry. You know I didn’t mean any of that,” Grayson said. “I just had a rough day and was hoping to relieve some of my tension tonight.”

My body was still shaking with pure terror, and I couldn’t bring myself to respond.

“Beautiful, please look at me,” he said. He put a hand on my knee and began to make soothing circles with his thumb. “C’mon, please?”

I slowly removed my hands from my face and sniffled. I probably looked like an absolute wreck.

Grayson smiled softly. “There we go.”

He leaned forward and placed his forehead against mine. He breathed in deeply, and we stayed like that for a while, although his hurtful words were still ringing through my head.

I calmed down as he continued to whisper soothing words and rub circles on my legs. I was starting to feel like maybe Grayson had returned to normal.

With every passing second though, his lips were getting closer and closer to mine, until finally, they connected. At first, I didn’t mind.

The kiss was loving and passionate like usual—unlike the hard and demanding ones he’d been giving me just moments before.

But then I felt him tugging on the sheet, trying to pull it away from my body. I frowned into the kiss. Was he really trying to start something again?

I attempted to pull the sheet tighter around myself, but he just growled and yanked harder until I couldn’t hang on anymore. I gasped as my upper half became exposed and his hands moved upward.

I immediately moved away from him and shoved at his shoulders with everything I had in me. “Grayson, no! Stop! We are not doing this tonight!”

I seemed to catch him off guard, and he fell back just the smallest bit—enough for me to scramble off the bed and grab the sheet from the floor to wrap back around myself.

“Fuck!” Grayson yelled. “You are so fucking ridiculous, Belle!”

“I’m ridiculous? Are you kidding me? No means no, Grayson! What the hell is your problem?” I yelled.

Grayson let out a dark laugh. “Well, you weren’t saying no last night. You were practically begging me for it.”

I gasped. The tears were rushing down my face in rivers now. It took me a couple of seconds to get my emotions under control enough to whisper, “Who are you?”

Grayson was opening his mouth to respond when a loud growl came out of his throat. His entire body flinched, then he grabbed at his hair, holding it in tight fists.

Suddenly his head began whipping back and forth as louder growls escaped his mouth.

“Grayson?” I asked. His entire body began to shake.

I slowly stood and walked over to him, keeping in mind that the last time I’d seen him act like this, he’d shifted and chased me throughout a hotel suite.

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