The Pack's Dragon
"You know that. He wants us to believe otherwise, but however he created us, he can't unmake us now."
"Your father will never stop looking," Verina said softly. "And we have the time to find the right answer and not take risks."
"I don't want an answer," Mercy muttered. "I want to live. I want to be free. I want a mate, a family, a LIFE."
"Would you have a child?" Verina's voice was sorrowful. "And curse it with this condition?"
"It's not a curse," Mercy snapped back. "You and father have always insisted that it's a curse, but it's not. It is just how we are. Vampires drink blood. Mer transform half into fish. Werewolves smell like wet dog-"