Chapter 137: 'Your Alpha's smarter.'

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‘Bullshit,’ I growled. They looked too serious to be true.

The corners of Ellis’s mouth curled up and then he shrugged and chuckled lightly. ‘That’s what the elders would say. That’s what’s in the scrolls.’

And my face relaxed again, the resistance evaporating. ‘Then what’s with the death stare?’

Elena looked at me solemnly.

‘We’re OK with hybrids—I mean, we are living in a different age now. But as Ellis rightfully pointed out, hybrids are frowned upon in our world. There are people who detest hybrids.’

Ellis added, ‘There are no hybrids here. The ones that do exist live amongst humans and many of them never really shifted, so they probably never knew their true heritage.’

Elena turned to Rose and said, ‘Detest would make our kind a danger to Rose, if she was a hybrid. Especially since she has shifted.’

‘Why would the werefolk detest her?’ I argued. ‘It’s not like she has a choice.’

‘Some werewolves don’t like it.’ Ellis pursed his lips. ‘To them, the hybrids aren’