"A hybrid," Marcus confirmed bitterly. "Yes. My mother was half-human, like yours. That's why my father is so obsessed with bloodline purity, he's terrified someone will find out his own son carries 'contaminated' genes. Why do you think he reacted so violently when the Moon Goddess paired you with me? A hybrid Luna would have exposed what he's spent decades hiding."
The revelation struck me like physical force. All of Thorne's hatred, his obsession with destroying me, his fanatical devotion to bloodline purity, it was all projection. All fear of his own secret being exposed.
"Does anyone else know?" I asked.
