"Dyson, are you sure?" Lauren asked, looking in at the girl in her guarded lab glass door.
"Yes, I'm sure. My gut is right on this one, Lauren, trust me. She's my daughter."
Dyson looked at the girl he was sure was his daughter. She had her mothers beautiful hair, her soft skin, her beauty. But she had Dyson's build, his strength, his power. She was a shifter, she was a wolf. A realization that both stunned, and scared him. No female wolf had ever been born before.
"What do we do now?" Lauren asked from beside him, knocking him from his thoughts.
"I have to find her mother, take her back home."
"If her mother was in her life, why would she be here, how could she have found this place?"
"Maybe she found me," he said with no emotion, leaving Lauren to watch over his flesh and blood. He had to get away, to clear his head, better yet, he needed to talk to someone, someone that knows him, someone who understands; Bo.
He walked into her house, a familiar place to him. Though having their ups and downs, he knew he was always welcome.
"Bo," he called in one steady pitch.
"Dyson?" she called back, wondering why he was there, if he was in trouble. "Are you okay?"
She appeared from her upstairs, her pajamas still stiff from a good nights sleep.
"I have to speak with you," he said calmly.
"What is it?" she said, slowly moving down the stairs, rubbing away the grogginess from her eyes.
"I have a daughter," he said, when she was finally close enough to him.
"What – how – when – what?"
"She was found last night in our territory, she was running from something."
"Or someone," Bo added.
"She was bloody, but uninjured, Lauren won't know more until she wakes up. But she has killed Bo, the amount of blood on her, she was definitely involved in something dangerous. Best part is she's a shifter, just like her old man."
"And now she has her father to protect her," Bo smiled. She was happy Dyson had finally found something in life to live for, something to live by. She knew he would put all of his energy into protecting and being in his daughters life. To mold her into a good shifter, a strong person, just like Dyson is.
"I will never leave her again, now that I know she's here, alive, that I have a child, someone that is apart of me, that's what i'm going to hold onto."
"That's really great Dyson," Bo smiled at him. "But I thought only men were shifters."
"They are, usually, she is the only female shifter I have ever come across. I don't know how it's possible, but she's here."
"Maybe talk to Trick, he has to know something about this."
"Maybe. But you can head over to Lauren's lab if you want to see her. She wasn't sure how long it would be until she wakes up. I'm gonna head over to the Dal. I'll be over there in about an hour."
"Alright well, i'm gonna get dressed and head over there. This is really great Dyson."
"What's really great?" Tamsin asked, strutting towards the both of them, having only caught the end of the conversation.
"Uh, Dyson is heading over to the Dal, i'm heading over to Lauren's, wanna come?"
"Yeah, cause I totally wanna hang with Lauren," she said sarcastically.
"Well suit yourself, i'm just going to see Dyson's daughter."
"Dyson's what?"
"I thought you would be interested," Bo laughed. "Well we'll get dressed, and see you there."
Dyson was excited to have Bo meet his daughter, he thought maybe giving her an idea of what his past was like would better help her understand him.
"Bo, does Dyson really have a daughter?"
"Yeah, that's what he says," Bo said.
They were getting dressed in unison, making casual conversation, shocked because of the news.
"How does he know she's his daughter?"
"She's a shifter, like him. I guess he smelled her, wolves can do that."
"I know but, it all just seems so, fake. Why now? How old is she? Where is her mother? Who is her mother?"
"Tamsin," Bo started before she could ask anymore questions that she couldn't answer. "I guess we'll have to ask her all of this when she wakes up, now won't we?"
"She's not even awake yet? What are we even going there for?"
"We're going there for Dyson, Tamsin, you don't have to go."
"And miss this? Please. I have nothing better to do today."
"Yeah, because that's a good way to look at it," Bo rolled her eyes. "You know this isn't like going to the movies, Tamsin, this is serious, we're not playing with people's lives here."
"Yeah I get it, you boned wolf boy, and broke his heart, now you feel like you owe him everything but your magic snatch. I know the story, its so old, that – well it might be older than me."
Bo didn't reply. She finished getting dressed, fixing her hair, going through her daily hygiene routine before making it to her car, Tamsin silently following, knowing she had crossed the line with her last sarcastic comment.
It didn't take long to reach Lauren's lab thankfully, because the silence almost drove Bo to madness.
"I'm sorry," Tamsin said reluctantly.
Bo said nothing again. She wasn't mad at Tamsin, but rather, in deep concentration, thinking about what was to come. What she would look like? What she would sound like? What would she taste like? She had to ask herself that, even though she felt guilty for even thinking it.
"Talk to me," Tamsin spoke again as the car shut off.
"I'm going inside, are you coming?" Bo said.
They got out and rung the bell. They were immediately let in, knowing Lauren could see them through a conveniently placed camera.
"Bo!" Lauren called.
Bo looked at Tamsin, and ran towards Lauren's voice.
"Lauren, are you alright?" Bo said, entering the lab room.
"Help!" she called back.
Entering the room, Bo and Tamsin saw the girl in her glass prison, fighting her restraints.
"Please, he's going to kill me. He will kill me! I have to get out of here!" she begged.
"Calm down," Bo said to her, looking back and forth between her and Lauren. She tried to subconsciously look for little similarities between her and Dyson, so she could tell herself that she was Dyson's kin, of his flesh and blood.
"You don't understand, he's been hunting me my whole life, he killed my mother, I had nowhere to go, I ran, i've been running, and everywhere I go he goes. You have to let me go, he'll kill you all too."
"Who? Tell us who," Bo said, approaching the glass slowly.
"I don't know! A hunter, a mad man! Someone who wants my blood on their hands, please let me go!" she moved in her restraints, trying with everything she had to break free of them.
She lowered her head and began panting after she seemed to have given up on her struggle.
"I'm going to call Dyson, he said to let him know when she was awake," Lauren said, eyes wide as could be.
"Yeah, i'm sure he's dying to see this," Tamsin mocked.
"Hey, what's your name?" Bo asked, trying to get her to be calm.
"Help me! It hurts!" she screamed, suddenly writhing in pain.
"Tell Dyson he has to get here now," Bo said to Lauren, who was on the phone with him.
"Please! Help me!"
"What's wrong?" Lauren asked running over to try and help provide some comfort to the mysterious girl.
"It feels like something is ripping me apart, my skin is on fire, my insides are on fire! Please, do something!"