Page 63 of Out of Peril

“Dante's fine, babe. He's doing great. Maya too. They'll be home in about an hour, and they will be so happy to see you awake.”

“You were shot in the attack,” Grant said. “You shifted back to your skin, so it's been a slow healing process. I'm going to run a few tests and then recommend you shift to accelerate your healing.”

I gasped and shook my head, ignoring the pain the motion caused.

“If you knew me at all, you wouldn't advise that.”

He gave me a placating smile. “Your beast is safe here. No one will harm you in any way. Alpha's orders.”

“I don't have an Alpha,” I spat out.

“Not yet, but since you're in Westin Pack territory, Kyle Westin gives the orders.”

I tried to sit up. “I'm where?”

“San Marco, California,” Walker said.

“How? When? Why? How long was I out?”

I looked to him for answers, but by the way his face paled, I wasn't sure I wanted to know.

He and Grant exchanged a look.

“Let Grant finish and I'll explain everything.”

I didn't know what exactly Grant was going to do, but as he pulled my shirt to the side and removed a bandage there, I cringed.

Walker’s jaw locked and his eyes darkened. I was surprised his teeth didn't crack under the pressure of his intensity. His anger was palpable and was seeping throughout his body as he squeezed my hand so hard it felt like he was crushing it.

“Ow,” I said.

He growled menacingly, glaring at Grant.

“Not him. You. You're breaking my hand.”

He flinched, dropped it, and immediately apologized.

That seemed to distract him enough for the other man, Grant, to do whatever he needed.

When he was done listening my chest, checking a tube coming out of my arm, and re-dressing the wound, I reached up and smoothed the frown on Walker's face.

“I am so happy to see you awake, Lindsey. It's very nice to finally meet you. And this was by far the easiest checkup I've had with you. Thank you for distracting our boy. He's been a bit of a beast himself while you were out.”

My mouth dropped open in surprise, but he just winked.

There was something very easy going about this guy and I found I liked him immensely. But I also knew that if he knew the truth about me, he wouldn't be so nice.

“Okay. I'll leave you two to talk, then I want you to shift, Lindsey. Your beast should heal the rest of this. I'll stop in to check on you tomorrow.”

“If you truly knew me, you would never ask me to shift like that,” I said.

“He knows, babe. They all do.”

I shook my head. The pain was still there, but the shock was making me go numb.

Walker took my hand once more and when he spoke his voice was gentle.

“I know this is hard for you to believe. I know you don't trust easily. But they know. All of Westin Force knows and so does Kyle. You're safe here. They will protect you because it's the right thing to do, but even if they didn't feel that way, they’d still do it just because you're my mate. That means a hell of a lot around here.”

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