Hybrid Aria by Jessica Hall
Chapter 19

Reid's POV

Watching her leave and slamming the door behind her, I wanted to chase her down and force her totell me what she wanted the wolfsbane for. It was unusual for a wolf to want it. Was it forprotection? Does she feel safer knowing she has it on her? Lily refused to tell me when I asked whyAria smelt of it at the diner and why Aria had so much in her system when we found them. The onlything Lily said was that they used it against the Alpha when they escaped. I'm assuming her oldAlpha forced her to drink it as punishment, knowing it wouldn't kill her. I just didn't understand whythey would have so much in the bag. Just as I was about to follow her, the door opened, making mecome to a stop. It was Doc. She walked in holding a bunch of paperwork.

“You are going to want to take your seat, Alpha. I have some surprising news for you.”

Walking back over to my desk, I sat down waiting for her to explain what the hell she was talkingabout. Mavis sat down before pushing the papers in front of me.

“What is it?” I asked, confused. The documents looked like blood work documents.

“When Aria came in here, we took some vials of her blood. Out of curiosity I had her DNA testedbecause even for a Hybrid she had ingested way too much wolfsbane. Enough to even kill a Hybrid.”"What are you getting at? I don’t understand.” Looking at the papers, they were just numbers on apage to me. I could never understand all this medical gibberish.

"We got the test results back. Aria isn't a typical Hybrid. She is 83% Lycan or in simpler terms a purewolf, but her Vampire side is also pure. Aria isn't just a werewolf/Vampire Hybrid. Her DNA is older,her bloodline is ancient, and she is more wolf than any of us. Whoever her parents are, they are old,incredibly old. Aria’s bloodline is so pure that she is, in every sense of the word, a mythical being.”“That's impossible. Lycans died out centuries ago. There are none in existence. Run the tests again.”“We have multiple times. I thought it must have been a mistake as well, but I assure you Alpha, it'snot."

Lycans were the first of our kind. They don't have a wolf because they are the wolf. Meaning if whatMavis says is true, her bloodline isn't much younger then the Moon Goddess herself. The MoonGoddess was Lycan. It's said that one of her grandchildren fell in love with a human, thereforecreating a mutated version called werewolves. When the Moon Goddess found out that hergrandchild mated with a human, she had a witch help her, and in turn, the Moon Goddess createdthe mate bond to try and keep the bloodlines pure. What she didn't realise was that humans andVampires could also be mates for Lycans and Werewolves, so after time, the Lycan blood waseradicated. Werewolves like myself are a mutation over Lycans mating with humans. No wolf todayhas Lycan blood, we are half-human, but that means Aria is from an original generation of Lycans. Italso means that if she wanted, she has more power over any Pack and is rightfully a queen ofAlphas. It also means the Moon Goddess is either her grandmother or her aunt because the lastLycans alive with as much purity as Aria were the Moon Goddess's siblings or her children.

"What about her Vampire side?”

“It's the same. I have no idea who her parents were, but you said Lily and Aria share the samemother. Lily's test showed she has normal wolf genes, and she comes from an Alpha bloodline. Sothat means it was Aria’s father who was an original Hybrid. Aria“s Lycan side is more dominant thanthe Vamp side for now. From what I gathered from her blood test, she hasn't drunk blood in years.Her Vamp side was almost dormant until you gave her blood. I'm actually surprised at how well sheis adjusting, her thirst must be excruciatingly painful for her. Giving her blood would have awokenher Vampire side, she would probably be ravenous.”

"What do you mean she would be ravenous? Has she come to you to get blood?”

“No, I figured you must have been feeding her, but if you haven't been feeding her, that means shehasn't had blood since you fed her the first night here. She would be a ticking time bomb if shedoesn't feed.” Doc's worried expression has me concerned. If she is a ticking time bomb, then howsafe is my Pack with an original Hybrid in the house?

"And you're sure no one has given her a blood bag?”

"Yes, Alpha. It's not something we keep here. Not much use in a Pack house full of werewolves withsuper healing abilities.” She chuckled lightly.

“Well, you are going to have to order some.”

"Yes, Boss.” She walked out of the room, leaving me to my own thoughts.

So, if Lily has Alpha blood, does that mean Alpha David is Lily's father? No Pack has two maleAlphas. And who was Aria’s father? Does Aria know what she is?

"And you called her an abomination, she is more werewolf than us,” Ryder spoke up.

“Shut up, Ryder. We have more pressing issues like where our mate is and what she is hiding. Wealso have to sort out the Black Moon Pack and that Alpha of theirs.”

Leaving my office, I followed Aria's scent to look for her.