"That was her fourth episode. When she wakes we will have to keep a close eye on her," Doc said, looking down at Indianna.
"Why is she having so many fits?" Greyson asked, frustratedly biting his nails.
"Because of you."
Greyson's eyes darkened and he narrowed his eyes at Doc. "Excuse me?"
"He means that you're an Alpha so it's worse for her." A women walked into the room and stopped next to Greyson. "Her body has to prepare to evolve into something more than an average pack member, the process is affecting her more than a commoner."
"Kirstie? When did you get back?" Greyson asked, arching an eyebrow at the woman.
"When I heard about her." Kirstie nodded to Indianna and looked at Greyson. "I get no hi? No 'I missed you, sis'?"
Greyson shrugged his shoulders.
"Miserable git," Kirstie muttered.
"Doc, leave," Greyson said and Doc nodded, heading for the door.
"Please!" Kirstie added, scowling at Greyson's rudeness. "Thanks, Doc!" Kirstie looked at Indianna and smiled softly. "She's very pretty, Grey."
"I know."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Greyson shrugged and stuffed his hands into his pockets. "I didn't want to announce it to the world."
"Why not?"
"I am the Alpha of one of the most powerful packs in the world, Kirstie," Greyson said. "If word got out that I had found her then she would be more of a target than she is already."
"Is already?" Kirstie frowned.
"Rogue," Greyson muttered and she gasped. "She's Indianna Hugh's."
"The daughter of-"
"Yes."
"Oh my gosh!" Kirstie gasped. "And it was Rogue that attacked her parents?"
"And her," Greyson said through gritted teeth and gently traced the inside of Indianna's wrist were the bite mark was. "He's here, he's back for her."
"He showed himself?"
"He was less than 20 meters away from me last night. I let him go."
"Greyson-"
"She was in the car and freaking out!" Greyson snapped. "Kirstie, I have to tell her everything and I don't know how."
"You mean she doesn't know?"
"Her mother brought her up hidden from us, she has no clue."
"Oh gosh," Kirstie breathed.
"She's... Sensitive, Kirst," Greyson sighed.
"I heard her screaming and swearing earlier. She doesn't seem it."
"She was angry," Greyson chuckled. "She gets like that a lot around me. Around others she's very reserved. I just don't want to tell her and have her be scared of me. I can deal with her being pissed and annoyed, scared... I wouldn't know what to do."
"You're just going to tell her," Kirstie shrugged. "You could ask Brooke to help you."
Greyson shook his head. "She's shy around Brooklyn, she won't help."
"Ace? Harry? Kal? Can any of them help break the news?"
"If I want her to remain quiet and talk in short sentences then they will be fucking amazing," Greyson muttered.
"So she's shy around everyone but you?"
"Bingo. Unless she gets really mad, like earlier."
"Tell her in front of everyone. If she feels shy then she will be less likely to react to the news rashly," Kirstie shrugged. "It will give it time to sink in and she can process it properly."
Greyson nodded and looked down at Indianna. When she woke up, he would have to give her the answers she wanted.
All of them.
*
Indianna's eyes opened and she winced at the bright light above her. She groaned and rubbed her eyes, jumping when there was a sudden cough.
"Rise and shine, sugar." Indianna looked at Greyson and bolted upright in the bed, but he was in front of her immediately. "Stay calm and don't try to run off," he warned. *I know what you're going to do before you do.*
"Let go of my wrist," Indianna said, looking at Greyson's hand. He did as she said and she took a long breath. "Let me leave."
"How do you feel?"
"Let me go home."
"Answer the question."
"Like shit, can I go now?"
"Sugar, Doc says you can still have a fit at any random time, you had four while you were sleeping, if you feel one coming then you need to tell me."
"Let me go home, Greyson!"
"No."
"Then give me answers."
"I can't right now, not until the others get here."
"Greyson-"
"You need to stay calm, Indie. You are still at the beginning of the process and the pain and fits can start again if your heartbeat rises."
"What the fuck is the process you are talking about?"
"I can't tell you that until the others get here."
"Why was I in pain?"
"Can't say yet."
"You're useless!" Indianna groaned and stretched her neck. "Jesus, it kills."
"That would be the needle."
"Oh shit!" She gasped. "You injected me!"
"Yes." Indianna squeezed her eyes shut and covered her face with her hands.
"I can't think about that," she muttered and shook her head.
"Sugar," Greyson said, placing his hand on her knee. "Look at me."
"What?"
"I'm going to give you answers soon and you have to promise me not to freak out."
"I can't promise that."
Greyson gritted his teeth and shook his head. "Just don't try to run, you won't get anywhere."
"Am I a prisoner here, Greyson?" Indianna asked quietly.
"No."
"You sure?" Indianna arched an eyebrow. "It's feeling a like I'm trapped in this goddamn room."
"It will all make sense once everything is explained."
The door to the infirmary opened and Kirstie walked in followed by Ace, Kal, Harry and Brooke. Greyson couldn't help but smirk when Indianna tensed. He loved how she was comfortable around him but no one else. It was just him.
"Hi, Indianna," Brooke said softly. "How are you?"
Indianna shrugged her shoulders and looked at her nails, not liking everyone's eyes on her.
"Hiya, Indianna," Kirstie said and smiled brightly. "I'm Greyson's older sister, Kirstie."
"Hi," Indianna mumbled and Kirstie arched an eyebrow.
"She is a quiet little thing now isn't she?" She chuckled.
"Sugar, we're going to give you answers now," Greyson said and Indianna nodded. "Indie, you know we have a connection. That connection is impossible between humans."
"Humans?" She asked quietly. "If you're not humans then what are you?"
"We," Greyson said, "are..."
"Werewolves," Kirstie announced, ignoring the glare she received from Greyson. "We are werewolf shifters."
"Shut the fuck up, Kirstie," Greyson snapped and looked at Indianna's blank expression.
"That book earlier..."
"Wasn't fiction." He waited for Indianna'a reaction but she remained still, not saying anything. He could hear her heart beating and it was slowly getting faster. He looked into her eyes that were slowly filling with fear. "Shit, sugar, please stay calm."
"Get a-away from me, G-Greyson!"
Indianna muttered and flinched when he reached her. "Don't touch me!"
"Indianna," Brooke called. "It's nothing to be scared of."
"The wolf that k-killed my parents!" Indianna said shakily. "Was that a..." Greyson nodded and Indianna squeezed her eyes shut. "And last night, it was the same wolf, wasn't it?"
Greyson gritted his teeth; he so desperately wanted to lie. "Yes."
"Oh God," she gasped. "Oh my God."
"Sugar-"
"Shut up!" She panicked. "Just shut up!"
"You wanted answers-"
"Be quiet!" She whimpered and covered her ears with her hands.