His Trouble Maker

Chapter 29

Chapter 29

GRAYSON

“This one?” Aria twirls in front of me and I sigh, annoyed because why the hell is Jessica not answering her damn phone? I shifted on the couch and try to test her again. I told her I’ll wait for her after drills, but I got sabotaged, “Grayson?” she asks, voice sweet enough to rot my

teeth.

I blink once, slow. If she wasn’t the daughter of one of my father’s oldest allies, I would’ve already thrown her out. Or worse. Probably worse.

“Aria,” I mutter, not even bothering to hide the venom this time. “If you ask me one more time, I’m going to lose my fucking mind”

She flinches, lips parting, and I know I should care. But I don’L “Aria, I’m not in the mood, I mutter, hall detracted as I keep my eyes on the screen of my phone. Still no response,

Aria pauses, her eyes narrowing “What’s wrong with you?” She pouts, hands resting on her hips. “You’ve agreed to accompany me today.” She really doesn’t get it. She steps closer, that perfume choking the air. “You’re father will not be happy with you if I tell him you’re this grumpy with me baby,” she says, making me more furious

The heck is her problem?

“Don’t touch me,” I snap, low and lethal, like a warning growl. She freezes, hand hovering near my shoulder before pulling back. Smart girl.

But she still tries to play coy. “You’re so tense,” she says with a pout. “Let me help-”

I stand up.

She shuts the hell up real quick when I do. I tower over her. And I know exactly what she sees in my eyes. She is so fucking disgusting. “I don’t want you,” I say, flat, brutal.” So stop whatever shit you are planning,”

She stares, wounded. Like I give a fuck.

I should be with Jess right now. Should have her pinned under me again, hand around her throat, watching that smart mouth go quiet when she can’t breathe without me

Instead, I’ve got this…girl fluttering around me like she’s earned a piece. Like she deserves anything from me.

God, if she wasn’t my father’s precious little political guest I’d have broken her already. I’d have sent her crawling out of here on her hands and knees, sobbing, stripped of that smug entitlement she wears like perfume.

“Leave, Aria. Now.”

She hesitates, like she’s about to cry.

“Don’t make me say it again.”

She bolts–heels clicking, pride shattered—and good. One less problem in my fucking face.

I drop back onto the couch, elbows on my knees, phone clutched tight. That girl–my girl–Jess, better have a goddamn reason for this Because she’s driving me fucking insane. And I swear, the more she pulls away, the more I want to bear the world apart just to get to her.

I sit there another thirty seconds–long enough for the silence to piss me off even more. Then I’m up, phone in hand, heading for the place she told me we’d meet.

She’s not there.

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she left on purpose just to see me carry it. Not even a

trees now, bruising

She promised.

grinding it. I don’t do this. I don’t

whipped omega

Fuck.

already

when he picks up,

Apause. Then, “Grayson?”

“No shit”

hellos. “Is Jessica

exactly what I’m about to do if I don’t

and dialed Logan’s number. He answers

“Where’s Jess?”

sounded wasted. “Uh…Jess, wait, she’s

My jaw ticks.

that his voice is all slurred and lary makes my blood

me either,” I snap. “So you better start thinking

don’t know, man. We were just hanging out. She left like an hour ago, said she was gonna meet someone or

around the phone.

My

you let her leave alone?” My voice drops, slow and dangerous, the

more awake.

up. I don’t need

Inged her.

I need her now.

the village feels like fire in my bones. I check every side path, every shortcut, eyes sharp, senses flaring. Her scent’s faint–too

Or someone else did.

with the worst. Rogue hands on her. A collar.

No.

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No fucking way.

fingers curl around my phone again–but this time, I don’t dial.

Ishift

my skin as I drop to all fours. The world sharpens, every

running now, faster than I ever thought possible, my claws digging into the earth, propelling me

I

leaves and earth, but I know

Jessica

not even thinking about the danger, not about the rogue scent i’d picked up

I push deeper into the trees, I catch something that stops me

now. But

Something wrong

stay frozen, nose working overtime to find her push forward cautiously, ears pinned back, every instinct screaming that I’m on the

And there she is.

Under a tree.

up in the dirt, her body completely still Her hair is a mess, there’s a blood stains on