All Chapters of THE HYBRID'S DAUGHTER : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The first thing I heard was a heartbeat.Thump.Thump.Thump.It was loud—too loud.I opened my eyes slowly and found myself lying on the floor of the living room.Alex was kneeling beside me."Gena?"I tried to sit up, but a sharp pain shot through my body.I cried out."Don't move."My father stood a few feet away, staring at me.He looked terrified.Not angry.Not disappointed.Terrified.I had never seen him look at anyone that way before."What is happening to me?" I asked.Nobody answered.I looked at Alex."What's a Moonborn?"He looked at my father.Dad finally spoke."Someone who should never have been born."My heart sank."What?""You weren't supposed to survive."I stared at him."What are you talking about?"He walked toward me slowly."Your mother was a Moonborn."I froze."My mother?"He nodded."She carried the blood of the first wolves."Selene stepped forward."The Moonborn aren't ordinary werewolves. They can command every wolf regardless of rank."I shook my head.

"The King of the Werewolves."The words seemed to hang between the trees.I stared at the stranger, waiting for him to laugh and tell me it was some kind of joke.He didn't.Alex stood beside me, breathing heavily."Who is he?" I asked.The stranger's expression remained serious."King Adrian."I frowned."I've heard of him."Everyone had.King Adrian ruled over the five major werewolf territories. Even though individual packs had their own Alphas, they all answered to him.He was supposed to be powerful.Ancient.Untouchable.But what did he have to do with my mother?"You're saying the King killed her?"The stranger nodded."Your mother discovered something she was never supposed to know.""What?""That the throne was never meant for Adrian."I stared at him."Then who was it meant for?"He looked directly at me."You."I felt my stomach drop."Me?""The Moonborn bloodline existed before the werewolf kingdoms were divided. Your ancestors were the first rulers of our kind."I shook m

"Not until she discovers who her real father is."The words followed me even after we left the forest.I didn't know who had spoken them.I didn't know who was hiding in the shadows.But one thing was certain.Someone knew a secret about my birth that my father had spent my entire life hiding.And I was going to find out.By the time we returned home, the sun was beginning to rise.The entire house was in chaos.Several pack members were moving around, checking the broken windows and treating the injured wolves from the attack.My father stood in the middle of the living room.His clothes were torn from the fight.There was blood on his forehead.But he wasn't looking at his wounds.He was looking at me.More specifically, he was looking into my eyes.The same eyes that had terrified him when I awakened."Where is Adrian?" he asked."Alive."His expression tightened."You fought him?"I nodded."Yes."He closed his eyes.For a moment, he looked relieved.Then he looked at the stranger

My mother's voice was the last thing I expected to hear."Hello, daughter."I stared at her.The woman standing beside Adrian had my eyes.My mother's eyes.The same silver-and-gold eyes I had seen in the mirror since the moment my wolf awakened.For a few seconds, nobody moved.Nobody spoke.Even the wolves seemed to be waiting."Mom?"The word barely escaped my lips.The woman smiled.And somehow, that smile made everything worse.She looked exactly like the pictures Dad had kept hidden in an old wooden box.The long silver hair.The small scar above her eyebrow.The delicate face.The eyes.It was her.It was really her.I took a hesitant step forward."You're alive."She nodded.Tears filled my eyes."But... Dad said you died."I looked at William.He couldn't meet my eyes.My mother's smile disappeared."William told you many things."I turned to him."You knew she was alive?"He remained silent."Dad!"He finally looked at me."I thought she was dead."My mother laughed bitterly

"Your grandfather."I stared at my father.The word didn't make sense.I had just discovered that William wasn't my biological father. Then I discovered that my real father, Lucian, had been alive all this time. Now there was supposedly another secret waiting for me.My grandfather.How many secrets could one family possibly have?"What grandfather?" I asked.William looked away."My father's father?"He remained silent."Dad, I'm asking you a question.""You shouldn't go after them.""That's not an answer.""Gena, you don't understand what you're dealing with.""I understand enough."I pointed toward the forest."My mother has been taken. Adrian is after me. Something ancient is possessing her, and now you're telling me that my grandfather is involved."I shook my head."I need to know everything."William's eyes met mine."Your grandfather isn't like the others.""Who is he?""His name is Alaric."Kael suddenly stiffened."You said Alaric?"William nodded.Kael took a step backward.