Alpha Maximus The Last Lycan novel Chapter 47

I open the book and peer down at a list of names with birth dates and town of birth. I flick through the pages until the last name on the list starts to glow, "Anna Glint. Healer's Coven," I read.

A sudden breeze makes me turn and face the red velvet curtain.

I step closer and reach out to pull the curtain across. I'm stunned and in awe as I stare at a portrait of a woman with the same white hair and blue eyes as me. She hugs a very light grey wolf in the portrait. Kayla mentioned this woman. This must be the werewolf she fell in love with. A sense of familiarity arises within me like I had met them before. I study the picture closer, the way they are looking into each other's eyes.

The grey, almost silver wolf is huge and proud looking. You can see the love and admiration in his eyes. The woman looks just like me. I run my fingers gently across her cheek. "Could she be my mother? And the wolf, my father?"

If Anna Glint is a witch from the Healers coven and she is my mother, then that would explain my healing ability. It would also mean I'm a half-witch and half-wolf.

If my mother's name is here, perhaps my father's name is somewhere in this room as well? But why is it here in the Blood Moon Pack? I unravel some of the scrolls, hoping to find more information. I don't read anything useful on the scrolls, so I walk over to the bookshelves and move jars aside. I look through the books, and something falls from one of them. I look down at the small shiny object. It's a necklace with a heart-shaped ruby.

It's beautiful. I unclip the clasp at the end of the chain and link it back around my neck. The ruby heart sits beautifully, nestled on my chest. I hold it and close my eyes, feeling a strange but loving connection.

As I open my eyes, I notice a note on the ground that must have also fallen out with the pendant. I pick it up and read it.

Anna, my love

They can try and keep us apart, but love will always conquer

You are my heart, and I gift it to you now and forever,

Eternally yours

Alpha Levi of the Dark Moon Pack.

This pendant must symbolise his love for her. I hold it again close to my heart as tears drip down my cheeks. What happened to them? Where are they? My father is an Alpha.

I hear my name, "Hope...Hope!" I hear. Alpha Maximus is looking for me. I have been gone for hours.

I fold the note, place it inside the sleeve of my dress, and quickly blow the candle out before pulling the stone wall shut behind me. I follow the sound of Maximus's calls. I can hear the worry in his voice. So I run to find him quicker, "Maximus, I'm here," I shout.

A few moments later, I'm back in his arms, "Everyone has been looking for you! I was worried something had happened to you," he says.