Hannah shuddered as the buck shifted, the faint sheen of tears in her eyes a sign of her shared anguish as the young man cried out.  It was a mercy when he slipped into unconsciousness.  She spared a quick glance for Luc, who still stood by the bedside.  “He’s just unconscious,” she said as she quickly hooked up the heart monitor now that he was still, the steady beeping a comfort. “You don’t have to stay for this now that he’s out, I’m going to have to go in after the bullet,” she muttered more to herself than him.<br/><br/>Grayson pushed away from the wall then and waited.  He wanted Luc out of the caves, as far away from the nursery that was only a short walk away as he could get him, but he knew Hannah would have his hide if he threw the man off pack land for no reason other than his own unease.<br/><br/>“Come on,” he said, a trace of growl in his voice.  “You can wait in the common room with me,” he added reluctantly.  He’d feel better once a head count was done.  He wanted all of his people in the caves, he couldn’t be sure that there was only one hunter, and he couldn’t leave to patrol until the buck’s herd had been apprised of the situation.<br/><br/><div align="center">~~*~~*~~*~~</div><br/>Ryan ducked away from her hand, grumble-growling in annoyance, though it was good natured if the grin on his face was any indication.<br/><br/>His eyes widened in surprise at her explanation.  He blinked once or twice before he found his voice, which came out as a shocked whisper.  “You didn’t ask permission?  Are you insane?!? That’s an easy way to get yourself killed.  Grayson doesn’t like strangers very much.  I’m not supposed to know this, but the government has been poking around.  He thinks they have found out about or pack.  They won’t like us much, we’re too different.  Human’s don’t like things that are different,” he said, sadness in his voice.<br/><br/>“I had a friend in my original pack who was human, she was adopted.  She didn’t do well in school, was a little too different.  The town turned against the pack even though they didn’t know what we were, sent people to investigate.  The pack was disbanded… I haven’t heard from her since.”<br/>