Her Hybrid Alpha (book 2)

Chapter 2 Darius's POV

He looked at me, his eyes sad with remorse, the huge bombshell he had just dropped hanging in the air. “So we are cousins ?” I asked him and he nodded his head. He sighs and looks down “ It gets a little confusing, so stop me if you need something explaining “. He knocked back a drink before starting again. We all seem to lean forward more, like settling in for a bedtime story as a child.

“ Your dad was the Alpha of the Midnight Mountain pack. My grandfather never got the chance to be alpha like my father. He wasn’t a born Alpha. He wasn’t even apart of the alpha family he married in. My dad and yours were brothers. My father was your dad's beta. It was actually my Grandmother, who was Alpha. She was the first female Alpha ever born. He married my grandmother to become an Alpha pair. She died of an unexplained death, so your father stepped straight in as Alpha, much to grandfather's disappointment, he thought he would become Alpha “.

He looks up at me and smirks, but he looks sad “ following so far ? “ He says and I nod my head. He takes another drink and then continues, “ so your mother was the sister of the high green packs Alpha, hence why they had always been friends, allies. They were Mathews pack”. He nodded his head towards Mathew. “Well, my grandfather kept trying to change the way your father ran the pack. He’d tried with grandmother too, with no luck. She says he changed as soon as they married and had children to a bitter old man, especially when he realized your father was Alpha born “he stops takes another drink.

“So when you were born and me, he realized his shot at Alpha was non-existent. More so you than me, when you were born the moon shone so bright it was blinding, they say. They believed you to be a high howler, silver fur with added powers straight from the moon goddess herself. They wouldn’t know until you shifted for the first time, but they were all certain “. He shook his head, grinning “ you were the damm golden boy of both packs related on both sides, grandparents on both sides, you were the nephew of the alpha on the high green moon. They would all playfully argue about who’s pack you’d be alpha of you would have had your pick. There was actually talk of combining the packs if it proved you were a high howler. Even back then, everyone agreed they would step down willingly to be amicable“ stops takes a breath and takes another drink.

Grandfather got wind because of his opinions and outlooks on how a pack should be run. He eventually lost all access to the inner circle meetings. Everyone was fed up with how he would try to undermine the alpha spot, and his hatred of everyone in meetings. He eventually lost it. He killed your parents with the help of dark witches. He would never have had a chance alone , your other grandparents were there on a visit. They stole you away and the war began. My father and mother died in an attack from the other pack. Apparently, anyway, I honestly think it was my grandfather. He would have had a hard time getting the other pack to attack ours like I said we were pretty much combined anyways. The other pack knew my parents wouldn’t harm your parents. They were family. In stepped grandfather to raise us, to raise Bridie, finch and Leyton. And away you disappeared with your mother’s mum and dad. He declared a war. He kept witches around for a while and somehow made himself an Alpha as in, he became an actual Alpha as if he'd been born into it all along. He claimed the sorrow of losing his family had broken whatever had stopped him being alpha all along. We all knew it was magic somehow " he snarled and threw back the last bit of drink and then filled his glass back up.

“What about you ?” I asked. It seems he got rid of everyone who would pose a threat. He laughs without humor“ too suspicious if I suddenly died, I was too young to challenge him so he could leave me be for a while. I trained hard and became lethal. He knew that. So he took away a chance of me even trying to challenge him. He made a pact with Mathews' pack, and created a bigger pack. Leon was the next Alpha. He wasn’t part of your family, but he was the strongest of the pack, alpha born but in normal times, would have conceded his power or challenged, to be honest, they hadn't had a real leader in years the wars killing all potentials. Grandfather's instructions would always be to seek out the strongest and kill them, until Leon”, he answered me.

Mathew groaned and continued where Cage finished off. “ Leon near on changed overnight, word had come for a meeting. We had all just elected him to step up into Alpha. Our Alphas never lasted long. Like he said, always targeted in a fight and wiped out. Word came in for a meeting on neutral grounds. He came back all sappy eyed and preaching a truce saying he’d found his love. The weird thing is, no offense Cage, he hated your pack more than anyone, vowed justice and vengeance. His total mood change was a huge shock. No one wanted to merge, we all knew it was a mistake. But we had put him into the Alpha position. There was nothing we could do. Bridie turns up the next day and looks at our pack like it was the worst place she had ever been. She said her pack was better and that’s where we would move. Leon had just nodded along and ordered the pack lands to be demolished to pack our sh*t we were moving “Mathew shook his head.

Back to Cage“ those who put up too much of a fight were executed for not following Alpha orders “ he says, and Mathew looks down at his drink, nodding, then speaks. “ Leon would never have ordered that. Not the guy we knew anyway, the one I grew up with. . . sh*t, his own uncle was among them. He did nothing, as they murdered him “. Dante stands up and starts to pace. He does that when he’s deep in thought. “ How did your grandfather die ?” He asks Cage.

Cage shrugs“ another unexplained death, pack doctor couldn’t work it out. But we all said it’s like he knew. He knew I wouldn’t challenge my own sister for Alpha spot. Suddenly, he ends a war that had been raging for years, one he loved at that. He got bridie in and kept me out “. A low whistle sounded from near the door to the room. We all look back to see Killian and Cole propped up against the wall just inside the room. We had all been so enthralled in the story we hadn't heard them enter the room. “ That’s one f*cked up family “ Cole says, as they both stroll in. Cage actually laughs at the insult, and I’m not sure how I feel, all these deaths, the vileness of my own family.

All these years I craved to know who I was, now I know I wish I hadn’t spent so long pinning. Because this wasn’t a family anyone would want to be involved in. “ So he just died ?’ Dante says, drawing all our attention back to him. Cage's face scrunches in confusion. “Yes, one day he was just fine fit and healthy. Acting weird, ordering people around and merging the packs as quickly as he could. The next day he just didn’t wake up”. He shrugs “ docs couldn’t find a reason why “.

‘ What are your thoughts, Dante,“ I asked. I knew my brother, his brain was working a mile a minute. He stops rubbing his chin. “It’s obvious your grandfather had help in all this, people dying him becoming an Alpha. Even Leon becoming all puppy dog on you guys”.

I nodded, standing up. “ You believe witches or dark magic users were helping him again ? “. Mathew and Cage both shake their heads' no. “ We both sense magic just like you guys and there was never anything. Surely we would sense it if he had used magic users “ Cage says.

Dante looks stumped. They are right they would have. Standing up suddenly exhausted, I emptied my glass. “We will resume this tomorrow, the comfort of my mate is calling “I told them all. I know I won’t sleep, but I am feeling extremely overwhelmed right now. I guess I always held out hope that I had a family out there still. Or at least my story would be a happy one, not this, not a family that was so broken and quite frankly f*cked. Bridie wouldn’t step down. The remaining biological family I had I’d now have to possibly kill myself. Didn’t that make me just like grandfather killing family to get what I wanted? Did I even want to be Alpha ? Damm I was so screwed up, darkness was tugging at me to succumb. I leave the room with the feeling of eyes drilling into my back, worry wafting off of them all in spades. But I don't look back, I just need my mate in my arms.