Alpha Maximus The Last Lycan novel Chapter 48

'Maximus, I'm so sorry."

He gently grabs my chin to face him, "Hope it's not your fault... it's not like you had anything to do with it," he says and kisses me. "Hope? Are you shaking?" he asks with concern. He places his head on my forehead, "Your temperature seems fine. Maybe you need rest?"

"No, I'll be fine. We need to discuss these matters," I reply.

He places some scrolls in front of me, "With half the packs gone and now ruled by us, I contacted the Alphas of the remaining packs to let them know of our new territories and to confirm I now have my mate and Luna. So far, most are willing to sign peace treaties except for the one that concerns me the most, the Dark Moon Pack.

The Dark Moon pack and the Blood Moon pack have had bad blood for many years that led to the death of my parents," he says.

"What happened?" I ask. Part of me doesn't want to know what my birth pack did to his pack.

"I was young. All I remember is they had a friend who was supposedly a witch who had broken the law. It resulted in a witch hunt. All packs were hunting her down. My parents and Kayla's parents were killed for trying to protect her and going against the law," he explains.

"What law did she break?" I ask.

"She fell in love with a werewolf who happened to be the Alpha of the Dark Moon pack," he answers.

"I don't understand. If they were in love, then why shouldn't they be together?" I ask. Maximus looks at me, startled.

"Don't you know it's forbidden for werewolves to mate or crossbreed with other supernatural beings? Doing so is an instant death penalty," he says.

"Why should they be punished for being in love? Why should it matter if you fall in love with a vampire, a wolf or a witch?" I say defensively.

"Hope? Are you hearing yourself? It's forbidden because we don't know what a hybrid is capable of or how dangerous it could be to the rest of the supernatural beings. We are all equally balanced. If a creature were born of mixed species, we would no longer have that balance. Having a hybrid would be a threat to all our species, don't you see that?" he says and pulls me in to hug me.

I look up at him, "Is that what you really think? That a hybrid is nothing but a creature and a threat?" I ask, struggling to hold my tears in.

Maximus heaves a heavy sigh, "It doesn't matter what I think because hybrids don't exist," he says.

I take a few steps back, "You seem to have forgotten...' I trail off.

"Forgotten what?" he says.