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"That he is as fit and healthy as my dead great grandma," Kal said and Harry rolled his eyes.

"He's weak-"

"Obviously, I've been lying here for a month," Ace said, "but I'll get stronger if I move around."

"His body has deteriorated," Doc announced as he walked into the room. "As werewolves we are active, we have to be. Ace has been still for a long time and his body hasn't appreciated. He's extremely weak and unfit. Even the slightest of exertions will affect him badly. It's going to take time before he is back to how he was before. I recommend him to stay at the house, with minimal activity to get his body used to moving around again. In time we can increase his activity."

"School sounds like a bad idea, Ace," Indianna said, frowning slightly.

"I hear you," Ace nodded.

"He just doesn't care about his health," Harry snapped.

"No, I do-"

"Then listen to Doc."

"I am, but I know how my body feels, I'm not in top condition, but I can survive school," Ace sighed.

"I can't stop you from doing anything, Beta, I can only advise you," Doc said.

"And I appreciate that," Ace nodded, "but I'm going back to school."

Indianna sighed and rubbed her eyes. "I'm not going to argue with you," she said. "But I think you're stupid for ignoring Doc."

"For once you've said something I agree with," Harry mumbled, but Indianna ignored his comment. She had learnt that Harry said a lot of things that were rude, but not intended to be. He was just very blunt.

There was a knock on the door and a pack member poked his head in. "Luna," he said and shifted uncomfortably. "He's here."

Indianna's whole body went stiff. "Now?"

The pack member nodded. "He... Um... He doesn't seem in the best of moods."

"He doesn't?"

"He, he has found out about... You," the pack member coughed and looked at Indianna's stomach.

She paled and her hands went to the tiny bump under her shirt, it could hardly be seen. "W-what? How?"

"I don't know, Luna, but I wouldn't recommend keeping him waiting," the pack member said and exited the room.

"Found out what?" Ace called and Indianna glanced over her shoulder.

"He's found out about the baby."

*

"Sister!" Rogue called, throwing his hands up when Indianna walked out of the house. "Nice of you to join me."

"Why are you here, Jason?" Indianna asked, trying to keep her voice calm.

"I've heard an interesting rumour," Rogue said and Indianna stopped about two meters away from him. "But, I really do hope it's not true because I would not appreciate my sister keeping something as important as this from me."

Indianna gulped and glanced around. She spotted Brooke sitting on the grass, playing with one of the pack member's baby, she hadn't noticed Rogue and was giggling as she tickled the baby's stomach. "Not everything concerns you."

"But when it comes to you," Rogue said and shrugged his shoulders, "everything does."

Indianna crossed her arms across her stomach and Rogue's eyes flickered to them and he smirked.

"So it is true," he said. "One of my men told me he overheard you discussing it with Brooklyn, but I was sure that he had misheard. Surely you would have told me, sister? After all, that is my niece or nephew."

Indianna took a step back. "No one knows."

"Clearly the pack do. My pack," Rogue tutted.

"Just them," Indianna said quickly. "I wasn't going to tell anyone else until I started showing."

"Let me make myself clear, sweetheart, I own this town; everything and everyone in it is mine, especially you, and I am not happy about you hiding this from me," Rogue said slowly.

"I wasn't hiding-"