“Why are you crying?” Koen asks gently.
I sniffle. “I’m not sure. Could you please forget that you know? I’d rather not talk about— ”
“That’s no longer an option.” His tone is kind but steel boned. “I’m your Alpha. And I need you to be honest with me.”
I take a deep, shuddering breath. Gather myself. “Dr. Henshaw has my labs. All my data. He has a lot of information at his disposal, and he was able to reconstruct the progression of my condition. I don’t know how much of this is due to me being a hybrid, but if it is, and if something similar were to happen to Ana . . . Dr. Henshaw is under instructions to inform Lowe, after . . . afterward. I hope it’ll help, and— ”
“After what, Serena?”
“— I’m not precious about that stuff. It’s more that I don’t want them to freak out or feel like t
