Kidnapped by my mate (Belle and Grayson) novel Chapter 25

Kidnapped by My Mate Chapter 25

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Once I had finally pushed Grayson away from me, feeling embarrassed to be having a hot make–out session in public, we caught a cab to a place where Grayson said there were a lot of cute shops that we could walk through.

The architecture of Paris amazed me. All the buildings were so beautiful and cohesive. The shops were all cool too. It was too bad that they were all way out of my price range.

As we continued to walk, I couldn’t help but wonder if we were anywhere near my mother.

This area kind of looked like where my mother lived based on my memory of the last time I’d gone to visit her. It was so long ago, but I remembered the trip so vividly.

She lived in an apartment above a shop called E.Dehillerin, a cute little cooking shop.

I’d loved walking around it, browsing when I’d come to visit with my dad years ago, especially because it had gotten me away from my mother.

“Grayson?”

He looked at me.

“Do you know if we’re anywhere near a shop called E.Dehillerin? A friend told me about it before I came, and I was just wondering if we’re close to it.”

“Let me check,” he said and took out his phone. I watched him type in his password, and I quickly put it to memory as it would be helpful to know for later.

“It’s actually only a few blocks from here–about a five–minute walk.”

My eyes widened. I was much closer to my mother than I’d thought.

“Did you want to go there?” Grayson asked.

“Hmm…I thought about it. Did I want to go see my mother? This trip was supposed to be a it to her, and she hadn’t heard from me since I’d gotten on the plane back in Minnesota.

UNLIMITED sort of owe her an explanation as to why I hadn’t shown up to her house a couple of weeks

ago. Plus, who knew when the next time I’d be able to contact her would be?

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If everything went smoothly, I would be on a plane tonight and back in the normal world by

tomorrow.

I knew that Grayson would freak out. The last thing I needed was for him to go to my mother and demand information from her about how to find me.

What if he hurt her? I knew he was capable of violence, and I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if my mother got hurt because of me. Grayson couldn’t come with me.

But I had to go see her.

I shook my head quickly.

“No, I actually like the shops around here. But maybe later?” I asked.

Grayson smiled. “Of course.”

We continued walking, and Grayson kept one arm tightly around me. I couldn’t help but notice that no one was looking at us.

They all bowed their heads as we passed, keeping their eyes low to the ground.

It only happened once or twice that someone would accidentally look at us, and Grayson would let out a low growl under his breath and tug me closer to him.

The person would immediately look away and bare their n*eck to him. It shocked me how much power Grayson seemed to have over these people. Is everyone in Paris a werewolf?

We came across a small bookstore and I quickly pulled Grayson inside.

“C’mon,” I said. “I want to find a book.”

My anxiety was skyrocketing. Now was the time.

We looked around for a while as I came up with my plan. This store was actually cute. It was two stories and full of all sorts of books in both French and English.

There was an adorable old lady behind the front counter, helping people with a kind smile.

I turned to Grayson. “Will you help me find a book?”

Grayson looked at me. “Sure.”

allowed hard. I really hope this works.

Okay, it’s called Hands of Gold and it’s by Michael Johnson. It was my dad’s favorite book, and I can’t think of a better place to buy it than in Paris.”

I felt quilty Iving to him, but I didn’t have a choice There wasn’t actually a book called H…

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