"Did you find out what I asked for?" Uthred asked, his gaze shifting to the raven perched inside its cage.
"Yes. I followed him closely, but then—he vanished. I think this Alpha Darius is one of us."
Uthred smiled, turning fully toward the voice. "I knew it. He is not my Alpha. Where is my Alpha?" His words were more to himself than anyone else as he sank onto his seat.
He looked up at the mage in a black cloak. "Does this mean this Alpha is a hybrid?"
A heavy silence filled the room.
"I can't say for cert—"
"Before you finish that thought, I’ve seen him shift into a wolf."
The mage swallowed. "Then it’s rare, brother. There is no record of a hybrid being born. Even among mixed bloodlines, one either takes the father’s side or the mother’s. That is the way of things."
"Well," Uthre
