“You think Warrick is a hybrid?” I ask. “I do.” my dad says. “What is he mixed with then?” I ask and pinch my bottom lip between my thumb and pointer finger. This is too much. “I think he is part werewolf and part demon,” my dad says, effectively knocking the air out of my lungs. I stumble back, a pained cry comes from my lips. “No. He can’t be! Demons are evil creatures, dad!”  My dad steps forward and places his hands on my shoulders. “Divina, look at me.” When I don’t, he shakes me slightly. My eyes find his and he holds my gaze. “Just because a person is part demon, does not inherently make them automatically bad. Just as you being part angel, does not automatically make you automatically good. Do you understand?” I sigh. “Yes, I understand.”

---Warrick---  Seeing her for the first time since that day at Timberwolf pack nearly ruined me. I am barely able to hold myself back from pushing through the crowd to get to her. I need to get a hold of myself. I have a part to play today, and I can't let what I want get in the way of that. I drink her in. Those gorgeous blue eyes, beautiful golden skin, and that hair. I had no idea when she colored it, but she didn’t look as if she belonged this world. Maybe she didn’t. She definitely didn’t belong to me anymore. The mate bond’s pull on me is just as strong as it was when I first laid eyes on her and I wonder if she can still feel it. She has never accepted my rejection, so I am inclined to think she feels our bond as strongly as

---Divina---  I hide my shock that Warrick just took Vanessa’s life. I honestly didn’t think he had it in him. I hate it, but I still don’t fully trust him even with these past few weeks. He has been trying so hard to prove himself to me, but it is hard to forgive and forget. As the demons advance upon us, I look over at his too large frame with his clothes hanging in tatters off him and suppress a giggle when an image of the Hulk comes to mind. “Now you’ve done it,” I say and reach for his hand. He is so huge that I have to lean back to see his face. “Dance with me?” I ask with a smile. This was going to be fun. Warrick’s grip on my hand tightens and he pulls me to him and lifts me up, so I am eye level with him. He leans in and gives me a gentle kiss

I step out of the shower and squint into the steam clouded mirror, lean over the sink, and drop my head down between my arms. Watching the water drip from my hair to the drain, the weight of everything I learned last night presses down on me until I feel like I am suffocating. So many things brought me to this day. My lack of courage, the choices I made, my failures... The weight feels heavier. The question now is, what the hell am I going to do about it? I could sit here and feel sorry for myself and continue down this path of self-destruction, or I could stand up and take my life back and fight for my mate like I should have from the beginning. I glance up at the mirror and have the overwhelming urge to see myself. I need to look in my own eyes and determine what I see there. I wipe the mirror with a hand towel and study my reflection carefully. If I’m honest with myself, I hate what I see. I glower at the coward that stares back at me. I look lost and broken because I am. I squeeze

I pull my Camaro off the side of the road and stare at the entrance to my pack's territory. I haven’t been back here in so long. The thought of what I am about to do turns my stomach and I come close to turning my car around. “Hey, Warrick, is that you?” my father’s Beta calls to me from the gate entrance. “Yeah, it’s me. How’ve you been, Beta Gedeon?” I ask. He walks to the edge of the entrance and squints over at me for a moment before answering. “I’ve been good. What brings you back here? I didn’t know you were coming,” he asks. I clear my throat and take my time answering, “I’m here to see Vanessa. I heard she was staying here while our dads were away.” Gedeon gives me a long look and sighs, “Yeah, she’s here. That girl is bat shit crazy.” I couldn’t agree more, but I have a part to play. I am out of my car and in his face before he can blink and wrap my hand around his throat. “Don’t you ever disrespect my future Luna like that again,” I growl in his face. Gedeon’s eyes go wid