Epilogue

Exactly two years and five days after the death of my father, Cain Alexander Deveraux was born.

He had my brown hair and Adam's brilliant blue eyes. That, however, was where the similarities ended.

Cain was born a Vampire, yet he was also still a Lycanthrope; a hybrid, as Dr. Zosak had called him.

He was the first of his kind.

Although he was certainly one of a kind, Adam and I raised him normally. We didn't know how else to. As he grew, he began to turn into one of the most temperamental people I had ever met.

Cain was smart, cunning even. He was strong and healthy. But, when watching him closely, I could see the fire within him.

It scared me.

One day, I heard he and Adam talking to each other as I walked past Adam's office. Adam was attempting to explain to the four-year-old the duties that he had as Alpha. Cain couldn't seem to understand why his father worked with other Alphas instead of working by himself.

"Well." Adam explained, "we all work as a team. I can't rule the whole wor