Heartache in Yellowstone novel Chapter 1

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 their worry isn't needed, so who knows. Samantha's incision has confused everyone...its already basically healed. The nurses have all started to gossip. I think Dr. Hurst will have to discharge us sooner rather 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 a second 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 says explaining 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 connection to our creator. I mean, none of the other species have anything close to that. It makes me wonder. I can'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. Focus Stanley, 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 fighting against their ways, and to keep her in line, the two of them took the baby. Graham also killed a shifter named Nevaeh in front of Hazel. Samantha didn't take the information too well, as we all saw. She wants to know what happened to Grace, and I guess, where Nevaeh came from," he explains, and we all glance at one another.

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