chapter 30. Awakening the Beast Within

BELLE The next morning, I woke up to the feeling of Grayson squeezing the absolute life out of me from behind. I attempted to shift my weight to find a more comfortable position, but he was making it impossible with how tightly he was holding me. It wasn’t painful, but it was very uncomfortable. “Grayson,” I said, trying to wake him up. I rubbed his arms that were wrapped around me. “Grayson, wake up.” I noticed as I continued to caress him that his entire body was shaking and that long, dark hair was growing out of his skin. He was close to shifting. I couldn’t see his face, but I could feel his hot breath on my neck and hear his low growling in my ear. What was happening? He must have been dreaming. With every passing second, his grip was becoming tighter and tighter. I knew that I had to wake him up or he would literally squeeze me to death. I leaned down as far as I could and pressed a kiss to his arm, then another one. Small huffs came from Grayson with every kiss I p