Chapter 89 – Kidnapped by My Mate Series II: His Lost Queen

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

You need me just as much as I need you. We need each other.”

I gripped her waist tighter, not enough to hurt her, just to show her how desperate I was. “Please don’t make me leave you again.”

She seemed to struggle internally for several seconds. “I need to have a clear head.

So I can think.” She shook her head. “I just need some time.”

It was physically painful to let her crawl from my lap. She walked to the door of her apartment and opened it. She looked at me, waiting.

I got up slowly, never breaking eye contact with her. When I was standing in front of her, I gently grabbed her face with both hands, tilting her head up so she was looking directly into my eyes.

“Take all the time you need, mate. I’ll wait for you forever,” I told her. Then I leaned forward and kissed her forehead. “You let me know when you’re ready.”

And then, with great effort, I left her.

BELLE

I shut the door behind him and fell into a chair the moment Grayson left. I could hear my heart beating in my head, making my entire skull pulse.

As always, my mark burned, begging to be near my mate again. I groaned.

There was a gentle knock on the door, and the only reason I knew it wasn’t Grayson was that I didn’t feel the connection to him.

“Luna?” Kyle’s voice came from the other side of the door. He pushed the door open and peeked his head inside. His eyes softened when he saw me crying. “Is it okay if I come in?”

I nodded. It would be nice to have some company.

He came in, looking around my apartment. “So this is where you’ve been staying over the last couple of months, huh? It’s, uh…pretty crappy.” He didn’t even try to maintain politeness.

I couldn’t help but laugh. I appreciated that he didn’t pity me like everybody else.

“Yeah,” I agreed, wiping my nose. “It’s pretty crappy.”

“Beats the room you were staying in at the pack house, though. That’s a plus. At least you’ve got heat here.”

I winced. I didn’t want to talk about my life back at the pack house or the circumstances I was living in. I especially didn’t want to acknowledge the way Kyle was looking at me with a pointed look.

“Why didn’t you come to me, Luna?” he finally asked. “It kills me to know that you were suffering so much and felt like you had no one to turn to. I would have helped you. You know that, right?”

“I’m sorry,” I whispered back. “I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t want Grayson to hate me any more than he already did. He told me to stay away from you.

“I was desperate not to do anything that would upset him.”

“That’s just one more sign that the alpha was taken over. He would rather die than make you feel that way. Didn’t he prove that to you in Paris?”

I didn’t know how to respond. I knew he was right. A few moments passed. Kyle leaned against the small kitchen counter, crossing his arms over his chest, watching me.

“Can he hear us?” I finally asked.

Kyle shook his head. “No. He told me he was going to go for a walk. He wanted to give you space. I just came to check on you.”

I sighed. I could feel the distance between Grayson and me growing, and it was starting to make me feel sick.

“He’s telling the truth, isn’t he?” I whispered. “I can feel that he’s telling the truth.”

Kyle gave me a sympathetic look. “Yeah, he’s telling the truth. I found out the day you left. He’s been a pain in the ass ever since. He hasn’t stopped looking for you for a single second.

“He couldn’t focus on anything else.”

I dropped my head into my hands. “I miss him. I miss him a lot. Why the hell do I miss him? I shouldn’t still feel this connected to him, should I? He was so… horrible to me.”

“He’s your mate,” Kyle responded in a soft tone that told me he understood. “He’s your soulmate, the one person who was made specifically for you. How could you not miss him?

“It’s a miracle that you could stay away from each other for so long without going insane.” He paused. “But you know it’s okay to still be scared, right? After everything you’ve been through…”

I looked at him. More tears welled in my eyes. “I can’t do it again, Kyle. I can’t be with him and get rejected again. It… It almost killed me last time.”

Kyle’s chest rose and fell with heavy breaths. “He won’t let you go through that again. He’ll never reject you. He’ll protect you.

“He’s stronger now. More prepared. More determined to keep you safe after everything he put you through.”

“His pack hates me, though. I don’t know if I can go back there. I can’t be a luna when everyone rejected me. They wouldn’t even talk to me. Does Grayson even understand how disappointed his pack was with me?”

Kyle grabbed the other folding chair and sat down next to me. “Listen to me, Luna.

It’s important that you hear this. Azazel commanded them to treat you that way.

The pack had no choice.”

“R-Really?” I asked.

“Yes, really. They wanted to meet you, to get to know you. They never got that chance. They were in the same trance that the alpha was in.

“They had to watch as you suffered, even though they desperately wanted to help.”

“They told you that?” I asked, my tone quiet and unbelieving. “You’re sure?”

Kyle nodded. “I’m positive. They feel horrible about the way they treated you. If you came back to the pack house, you would see for yourself how sorry they are.

“I’m sure they would love the opportunity to try and make it up to you.”

I leaned back in my chair, barely comprehending what he was telling me. I didn’t even notice my hand go to Grayson’s mark on my neck. I suddenly desperately wished he were here.

“Go to him,” Kyle said, uttering the words I was thinking. He smiled. “He’s waiting for you.”

I was up and out the door in seconds.

 My stomach was a mess of fluttering butterflies as I ran out the front door of my apartment building barefoot, searching for my mate.

“Grayson?” I yelled. Tears were streaming down my cheeks, and, for the first time in months, it wasn’t because I was sad.

My heart raced in my chest when I couldn’t find him. “Grayson!” I yelled a bit louder, not caring if anybody around me heard.

A sudden burst of wind and a blur of movement in front of me made me jump back and scream. When I opened my eyes, I met Grayson’s dark-red ones with a gasp.

“What’s wrong?” he demanded, scanning my form. “What is it? Are you hurt?”

I didn’t think about it before launching myself into his arms.

He stumbled back a few steps, obviously not expecting my abrupt attack. For a second, he just stood there, his massive chest rising and falling with small growls against me.

I was almost afraid I had jumped to conclusions too quickly, but then he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer to him.

And I burst into tears. With my arms around his neck and my face stuffed into his chest, I let all of my emotions free. And then I pulled his face to mine and kissed him soundly.

Grayson growled against my mouth, tugging me closer.

He pulled away after a few seconds. “Belle,” Grayson groaned, his forehead pressing against mine. “Don’t cry. Please don’t cry, love.”

“I can’t help it,” I replied, nuzzling my face into his chest once again, taking in his spicy scent that I had missed so much.

I smiled up at him, wiping my tears away the best I could. “I just really missed you.”

I paused.

“And I’m really glad you’re not an evil vampire anymore. That really—” I took in a deep shuddering breath. “That really sucked.”

His jaw tightened. “You…believe me?” He seemed to hold his breath as he waited for me to answer.

I nodded, cupping the side of his face, the tips of my fingers running through his hair. “I believe you. I believe you, Grayson.”

His mouth split into a huge, breathtaking grin. “Thank God,” he whispered, searching my eyes. “Thank God.”

I expected him to kiss me again, but he didn’t. Instead, he swept me off my feet, pulling me chest to chest, wrapping my legs and arms around his huge, muscular form.

The only reason I didn’t fall was because of his hands supporting me beneath my butt.

“Kyle. Go home,” Grayson grunted.

I whirled my head around. I hadn’t even realized Kyle had also exited my apartment and was watching us from the doorway.

“I just got here!” Kyle complained.

“Kyle doesn’t need to go. I want to catch up with him, too,” I argued.

Grayson didn’t reply. He was already walking in the opposite direction, taking me with him.

“Wait!” I shouted, looking back at Grayson’s poor beta, who he was leaving behind.

“What about Kyle? We can’t just leave him after he came all the way here!”

Grayson’s reply was two words, growled and low and leaving no room to argue.

“Don’t care.”

I glared at him, ready to keep arguing. I just decided to forgive him, and this was how he wanted to act?

I gasped when Kyle suddenly appeared right behind us. I hadn’t even seen him move.

Sensing his presence, Grayson turned and bared his teeth at him threateningly. He gripped me to his body so tightly that I was almost worried he would start bruising me soon.

“Whoa, there,” Kyle said, taking several steps back. He bared his neck. “I meant the Luna no harm, Alpha.”

“Put me down, Grayson,” I demanded, wiggling in his arms.

Grayson growled yet again and then buried his face into my neck. He started to suck on my mark.

I gasped. “Grayson!” I pushed at his shoulders even as my body lit up with pleasurable flames. “Stop it!” My face bloomed with heat at Kyle witnessing this.

“It’s all right, Luna,” Kyle said, trying to comfort me. “Now that you’ve given into the bond, he’s going to be like this for a while. Possessive and only worried about making sure you’re okay.

“He’ll only get mad if I stay.”

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