A Face That Can't Be Placed

VII

I sighed as I looked through my clothes and couldn't find shorts. I had everything on and I brushed my hair as I was throwing it up in a ponytail.

I went to the door and pulled my shirt down. I walked to my room only to be stopped by Grayson.

"Damn you lookin good" he said.

"Can you move!"

"Come on baby girl. You know how much I love you."

"Grayson I need to grab some shorts. Then I need to hurry and get to my friends house."

His expression changed automatically with the last thing I told him.

"You're leaving me alone tonight?"

"Kaylin asked me to go over her house tonight. I told her I was free and I'd be there soon. So I told her yes."

"Well I say no."

"What?"

"I said no."

"You don't run my life!"

I reached for the door and he grabbed my wrist. He squeezed it as I looked up at him.

"Ah! Grayson you're hurting me!"

He pulled me to his room and shut me in.

"Grayson!" I screamed banging on the locked door.

It soon opened and he threw my phone on his bed. He grabbed me and tied my hands behind my back.

"Grayson!" I yelled.

He put the phone up to his ear and I struggled to untie myself.

"Hello . . . This is Grayson . . . She forgot to run this by me . . . No she can't come . . . You're welcome bye."

He let me go so I grabbed my phone and ran to my room.

I locked myself inside and put shorts on then started packing stuff for a sleepover. I opened my door and he towered over me.

"Move!"

"What did I say!"

He forced me back into my room and slammed me onto my bed. He took my bag off and threw it onto the floor. I pushed his shoulders as hard as I could but he was stronger than me in every way.

"Grayson it's not your decision!"

"Yes it is. I'm your boyfriend and I decide whether or not you can go somewhere."

I slapped him really good and got everything running to her house.

My blood was getting all messed up but I was almost there.

The growl of a predator caught my ears.

I just kept running till I got to her door. I knocked and run the doorbell till she opened the door.

"Kaylin ca-can I c-com-come in?"

I heard it's growl behind me and I looked at the lion behind me.

I pushed past her and slammed the door closed locking it.

"What's your problem?"

"Grayson is an asshole. But I was running from him and then there's a lion out there."

"What?"

She opened the door and it jumped in scratching the floor.

I jumped onto the island and Kaylin ran to the counter.

He looked at her then looked at me and locked his vision on me.

As it moved closer I trembled more and more. He jumped up on the island and came so close to me. His tongue slid across my cheek and he rubbed against me. He purred as I tried to stay calm.

Our eyes locked and I could see his strength and love for me. His passion, the care, the thought, how my he wanted to protect me.

He jumped down and went out the door. Kaylin shut it and locked it.

"That was terrifying!"

"Agreed!"