Heartache in Yellowstone
Angelica pt.2

STANLEY POV

"She has brown hair as of right now,” Dan says, and Lauren squeals which makes me smile.

"When will we get to meet her," Finley asks, and the others second his question.

"Well, she was a tad bit early, so they are watching her. They don't know she is a shifter, and theirworry isn't needed, so who knows. Samantha's incision has confused everyone...its already basicallyhealed. The nurses have all started to gossip. I think Dr. Hurst will have to discharge us soonerrather than later to keep suspicions down," Dan says, and I growl.

Great. That's all we need is nosy humans.

"I will alert the council. They might send "her" out," I say, and Lauren glances at me curiously for asecond before looking back at the phone.

"Don't say it like that. You make it sound like the mother Luna is evil," Boyd says, and Dan chuckles."I think it freaks my twin out that there is a shifter with the ability to alter memories,” Dan saysexplaining how I feel in his basic terms.

"I think it's weird that in every generation, there is a wolf shifter born with such a deep connectionto our creator. I mean, none of the other species have anything close to that. It makes me wonder. Ican't help it if I hate unanswered questions,” I grumble not liking the topic change.

Lauren giggles at me and my stomach does it's normal flip flop when I hear her laugh. FocusStanley, she isn't yours to drool over.

"Well, call the council. Make them aware. I also need them to investigate a few things for Samantha.Apparently, the reason for her distress last night was due to some things that happened in the past.Now hold onto your seats for this...Kyle Layne had a twin sister,” Dan says, and we growl in disbelief."That's impossible,” I snap as the brothers next to me share a look, and Dan sighs tiredly.

"Not according to Hazel Layne's diaries. Samantha was reading them last night. Apparently, in 1973,Hazel gave birth to a set of twins. A boy named Kyle and a girl named Grace. Graham and his sick-ass father took the daughter away from Hazel the day she was born. Hazel had been fightingagainst their ways, and to keep her in line, the two of them took the baby. Graham also killed ashifter named Nevaeh in front of Hazel. Samantha didn't take the information too well, as we allsaw. She wants to know what happened to Grace, and I guess, where Nevaeh came from," heexplains, and we all glance at one another.

My eyebrows crease in frustration at the unexpected news. I hate surprises. Especially ones thatinvolve the Layne's. Their tarnish on the land that is now ours is going to give us problems for yearsto come.

"I believe it. I remember our grandfather telling us about the Old Luna one time. He said she oncedisappeared for a whole year. When they saw her again, she wasn't the same. She looked sickly, butshe had a healthy pup with her. The entire pack assumed her body had had a hard time carryingsuch a strong bloodline. The main assholes that my grandfather hated started to say she was tooweak to be mated to a Layne. By that point, I had started to hate everything about the Laynes, and Ihad just shrugged it off. I didn't care about the Alpha couple's past. I felt like the Luna could domore to help us instead of just watching how we were being treated... just wanted them dead. Thatwas about seven years before you guys came down...and about three years before Graham executedour grandfather for treason,” Mike says making my anger bubble up even more and Dan growlsover the phone.

"Well, it seems like the story is true then. Graham locked his mate up because she back-talked him.When she had their pups, they took one to force her into compliance with their rules. I guess whenshe had proven herself, they let her back out again. I pray they didn't kill the poor thing...It explainswhy Luna Hazel was so docile about what her mate was doing. She already had one child strippedaway from her,” Dan snarls, and the wheels start turning in my head.

We have to investigate this. I would like to gather information myself, but the council likes to gatherevidence in their own way when alerted to crimes. Handing over our evidence won't be easy, but itwill be worth the invasion of privacy if Luna gets answers. Family is as important as righting thewrongs of Graham Layne.

"I will need some more specific dates, but I should be able to replace something. I will also alert thecouncil. They might ask for Hazel's diaries as evidence. So maybe give Sam a heads up if she wantsto read more. I'm guessing she got so mad last night she didn't finish reading them," I explain aftermy brain stops debating, and I hear Dan sigh again.

"I will let her know. Thanks, Stan. I will call again when we are discharged. Get the move finished,” hesays, and the line goes dead.

"That man was vile. I am so glad he is gone. I would hate to deliver my pup under his rule,” Laurenpractically whimpers, and David wraps his arm around his mate in a comforting way that makes myheart physically hurt.

"I hope the son of a bitch is rolling around in his grave because his half-breed granddaughter is ournew Luna,” Finley growls, and my eyebrow raises due to the hatred in my brother's voice.

"I bet he is," Boyd laughs out in agreement, and Mike nods while grinning.

"We should get a move on. We have orders," I say as I avoid looking at the Swift mates cuddling.

I pull out my phone and step away from everyone. I need to call the council quickly. If the nursesreport Sam's healing abilities to anyone and we didn't properly alert them, punishment will beplaced on our pack.

As the line begins to ring, I take a deep breath. Lauren's presence is making it harder for me tofunction and I hate it. I hate feeling guilty and dirty for lusting after a female who is mated, but Ican't stop. David is bound to notice soon if he hasn't all ready, and I hate that I might be ruining myrelationship with him.

"You've reached Council Edmund's office; please leave a message.”

"This is Stanley Gray of the southern Gray Pack. We have a possible secret leak at a hospital. OurLuna required a C-section to save her cub, and her healing is beginning to cause concern. I expectto hear from you soon. Thank you."

I end the call and exhale. Making important phone calls or researching information for the pack iseasy. Facing my pack members while I secretly pine away for Lauren...Excruciatingly hard. All I wantto do is hide in my room. But I know that would be too much suspicion. Angelica is coming homesoon, and it should be all hands on deck to prepare for her arrival. I just need to suck it up andmove on...