Nightingale

13

"Does this mean you're not mad at me anymore?" Gray asks hopeful spinning me around to face him "no, I'm still mad at you" I tell him honestly "you're seriously still mad at me over a hickey?" He asks frustrated "it's not just a hickey, you marked me" I tell him feeling all the anger return.

"I don't see what the big deal is, considering you'll wear my mark once we mate" he tells me growing more frustrated "what?" I ask stepping back "what do you mean?" "Fuck!" Gray groans running his hands through his hair "you're not marking me" I tell him outraged "no ones marking me! God I finally got away and now this" I yell at Gray "I'm not property. I'm human!" I cry sinking to the floor I thought he was different.

I can't take that again. Without a word Grayson scoops me up in his arms and heads to his bedroom "put me down! Don't touch me!" I yell through my tears hitting at Grayson's chest but he ignores it as if I'm not even doing anything. "Grayson let me go!" I yell shoving at his chest to my surprise he listens and I find myself sitting in the bed with Grayson pacing in front of me.

"We need to talk and you're going first" Grayson says stopping his pacing and looking directly at me "excuse me?" I ask shocked "you heard me Lacey" he practically roars "I need to know everything, all the questions and all the secrets" "you can't" "I can" he cuts me off his eyes turning dark, almost black "no more secrets or dancing around the truth, you tell me everything, and don't fucking lie to me!"

I've never seen him look so scary before and I don't like it "and then I tell you everything, no secrets, no lies, no bullshit. You answer my questions and I'll answer yours" I just stare at him, I want answers but I'm not ready to share everything "Look Lace" Gray sighs sitting on his knees in front of me he's making me nervous he hasn't called me Lacey or Lace since the first day we met, and now I'm realizing that I don't like it, it feels weird him not calling me babe or baby.

"I wasn't planning on having this conversation until later, but there's no going back at this point and I'm not fucking loosing you" he tells me looking straight in my eyes now "I just" Gray takes a deep breath I've never seen him so nervous before "I just need you to keep an open mind and remember that I love and I would literally do anything for you, okay baby" he practically pleads "can you do that for me?" He asks studying my face.

I nod more scared of this conversation than the look on Gray's face a little bit ago "I need words baby" he tells me the worry in his voice evident "yeah" I say nodding "okay" he takes another deep breath holding my hands tightly before grabbing my face and kissing me hard with so much passion and force I can feel all of his worry and love "okay baby" Gray says pulling away from the kiss "just remember I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere" he promises squeezing my hands.

Taking a deep breath I prepare myself to tell someone everything for the first time in my life. I never thought this day would come, mainly because I never thought I'd live long enough, I'm honestly surprised that I made it out. I keep waiting to wake up from this dream and be trapped back in my old room, but thankfully that hasn't happened; but now I have to tell Gray everything and even though he swears he won't leave once he finds everything out I know he will.

Why would he want me when he can have any girl he wants. "Here goes nothing" I mutter as I tell Gray everything. I tell him how my father beat me from the time I was five, how my mother never did anything to help, she just stood by and watched telling me that that's how life was.

How I was raised for Danny like a lamb is raised for slaughter, how it was beat into me that I was Danny's to do whatever he wanted with. How Danny decided what I liked, what I did, what I wore, what I ate, who I talked to, and when and how I was punished. I told him how at first Danny would only punish me if I embarrassed him in public or if I disobeyed and threw a fit.