Indianna stood and made her way out of the house and walked around to the back where she saw Greyson. He was standing over his grave, his hands in his pockets and his back tense. "What are you doing here?" Indianna asked quietly and slowly walked up to him. She slipped her hand into his and he squeezed it tightly.
"Did you come here much?" Greyson asked.
Indianna paused. "No. I couldn't."
Greyson let out a breath. "Good. You weren't wasting your time crying over a random body."
"We should go. It's probably not the best for you to be here."
"It's my grave," Greyson pointed out and shrugged his shoulders.
"No," Indianna said firmly. "It is not your grave. You are alive. It's not yours."
Greyson sighed and looked down at Indianna. "What's that?" He gestured to the book that Laura had given to Indianna.
"Your mum gave it to me. It's about the Royal Family."
Greyson scoffed. "The Royal Family is made up. The stories in that book are just a bunch of fairytales, sugar."
"Your mum seems to believe in them," Indianna said.
Greyson rolled his eyes. "She always has," he said. "They're stories, that's all."
"Well, Laura thought that they might like them," Indianna said and rubbed her stomach.
"As long as they remain stories," Greyson said. "I don't need my children's heads being filled with fairytales and them thinking they are real."
Indianna raised her eyebrows at Greyson. "How do you know they're not?"
Greyson gave Indianna a look. "If they were real then I'd like to think they'd give us a hand with your psycho brother." Greyson wrapped his arm around Indianna and turned her away from his grave. "But we're on our own, sugar. The Elders have abandoned us. No one is coming to save us."
"Way to put me in a cheery mood," Indianna mumbled.
"Sorry," he sighed. "I've got a lot on my mind. We've been planning how we're going to get Rogue's men all day without getting caught. I'm a little stressed."
"So, what is the plan? When do we start turning Rogue's men?"
The two of them started to walk back to the pack house and Greyson looked down at Indianna with a small smirk. "Oh, sugar, we've already started."
"What?" Indianna gasped. "What have you done?"
"We spent the morning going through the list that Lily gave us. We worked out who were the easiest targets and made a plan of attack. Harry and Oscar have gone to retrieve the first of Rogue's men. Doc has managed to come up with his own version of a mind block. We don't know if Rogue has a mind link to those he's branded, and in case he has the injection that Doc has produced will block it. Harry and Oscar are going to bring the man back here and we're going to brand him. He'll then be a member of our pack."
Indianna was silent for a moment. She swallowed nervously. "It's happening," she whispered. "It's actually happening."
"We've got this, sugar," Greyson said. He gently cupped Indianna's face. "Okay?"
Indianna nodded.
"Great. Now tell me, is my good old friend Alex still in the cells?"
"I don't think he or Alice have left-"
"Brilliant." Greyson pulled away from Indianna and quickly made his way over to the stairs that led underground to the cells.
*Greyson!* Indianna yelled in her head and hurried after him as fast as her pregnant body would allow her. *Don't you dare harm him!* When she made it down to the cells she gasped when she saw Greyson had Alec by the neck, pinned to the wall.
"Greyson!" Indianna shouted. "Let go of him!"
"I've forgiven the dude and I was the one that was kidnapped and held hostage!" Alice called. She stood nervously to the side. "Please don't kill him, it would be nice to see if we can get along for longer than a day."
"Greyson Evans-"
*Relax, sugar.* Greyson's voice was calm. *I'm not going to hurt him.*
"Please!" Alec spluttered. "I'm on your side, I promise-"
"My mate trusts you," Greyson said slowly. His eyes were narrowed and he was glaring at Alec who gulped. "And I trust my mate. So, Alex, I'm going to give you a chance."
"Y-you are?"
"One," Greyson spat. "If you cross me I will kill you. Do you understand?"
"You couldn't be clearer," Alec said quickly.
"You are not allowed to leave the house. Indianna may trust you, but I don't. I'm trusting her, not you, and I definitely do not trust you to leave this house. You need to earn my trust, am I clear?"
"Definitely! 100%-"
"Tomorrow you are going to help us," Greyson cut him off. "You will meet Harry at 9am in my office. You are going to tell him everything you know about Rogue. Every tiny fucking detail."
Indianna wasn't sure how it was possible, but Alec looked even more uncomfortable. "Harry... He... Brook-"
"Yeah, he's not going to forget about that quickly. He likes to hold a grudge, especially when it comes to Brooklyn. She's my oldest friends mate and my mates best friend. She is family. My family. You have a lot of work to do to earn the respect of this pack. You'll start by doing everything you can to make up for keeping Brooklyn away from Harry."
"I promise I'll do everything I can," Alec said. "I'm an Alpha and I haven't been acting like one. It's about time I start."
"Your words mean nothing to me. Act on them," Greyson said sternly and dropped Alec to the ground. "You're free to leave the cells. Find an empty room in the house, let Indianna know where so I know where to find you."
"Thank you-"
"Go."
"Gosh, death clearly did you wonders," Alice grumbled and helped Alec up from the floor.
Greyson's eyes darkened but when he looked at Alice his lips twitched slightly. "Alice, I think it'd be wise to introduce your mate to your brother. He's been even more annoying today and that's because he's worried about you. Go."
"Sir, yes, sir, Mr Bossy," Alice called and left the cells with Alec.
Indianna couldn't help but chuckle. "You're not mean to her."
"She's Kal's sister," Greyson shrugged.
"Did I hear you call Brooke family?" Indianna said with a smile. "You two seem to annoy the hell out of each other."
"Our relationship isn't perfect, but she is family," Greyson said. "Don't get all mushy on me, sugar, and don't ever tell her that I said that."
Indianna laughed and took Greyson's hand, pulling him close to her. "Thank you," she said quietly and kissed him softly. "For trusting me about Alec."
"He had all day to run. If he wanted to he would've."
"So, you trust him?"
Greyson scoffed. "Of course not, not yet. We'll see if that changes."
"It will," Indianna said confidentially, but Greyson wasn't listening. His eyes had glazed over and she knew that he was communicating through mind link.
Greyson suddenly blinked and squeezed Indianna's hand tightly. "They have him," he said. "Harry and Oscar have him. They're on their way back now."