TRACE

Asher

“The perfect beings?”I repeated, brows furrowing. “The Paragon.”

“It sounds fucking crazy,” Thayer said, pacing around the prison and running his hands through his hair. He stared at the ground, his wolfish eyes turning a piercing red demon color. “Because it is. How can a species be perfect? Not even gods can reach perfection.”

“I’ve read about the Paragon briefly,”Lucas said. “Isn’t it a book in the library? From what I remember, the Paragonian people are a combination of species, almost like you. Multiple species in one.”

“The Paragonian people aren’t mutts like me,” Tylersaid. “All the books and lessons we learn during school have been watered down, so as not to cause hysteria, but demon families pass down what they know to be true.”

“Then, what are they?” I asked, confused.

Still, I couldn’t grasp this reality. Anna had always been human. She had been human four years ago, and she had been human when she escaped her father and returned to Bloodmoon . If she were anyth