"LYCAN!" My father shit to his feet and there was a thud that came from Thoth''s side. 1


    Nix stood there in all her glory. "Did you not find it weird that I was almost twice the size of a normal wolf?"


    My dad bent at his waist to look at the camera. "You are my pup. You are strong. I expected you to be big." I shifted back to my


    body. His eyes widened, and he pointed a finger. "How did I never notice you keep your clothes? What the hell."


    Iughed. "It''s a Lycan thing. It has nothing to do with power, or strength, like we were led to believe." I sat back down and


    pulled theptop to myp. My father dropped into the chair. "Are you okay?"


    "Wait..." His eyes grew hazy for a minute. "You get your witch''s power from me, and your Lycan power from your mother?" His


    eyes snapped to mine and I nodded. "Son of a biscuit. That''s why she never told me."


    "What, why?" I was confused.


    My dad sat back. "The same reason my mom never told my dad that her line was the first family. He was obsessed with that stuff.


    My grandmother had a dalliance with a wolf and had my father. But she raised him as a witch until her wolf showed up. But he


    was a lone wolf, technically. My mom''s pack was Silvermoon. Her father


    he was untrustworthy to know the truth. My grandmother agreed." 1


    "Really?" I leaned down and put my head on my fist. I nced at Thoth''s ck screen and realized I hated that I didn''t get to see


    his face. "Why?"


    “Because she said she saw something growing in my dad. Something she didn''t like. My mom was a cool woman, but she loved


    me in her way. But my father he was something else." He shook his head. "But it doesn''t matter." He shook himself. "He''s dead.


    Good riddance."


    I gave my father a sad smile. "Thankfully, you grew to be nothing like him."


    He smiled back at me. "My grandmother taught me how to love properly. You have


    her to thank for making me the loveable man


    you know and love." We bothughed.


    Thoth finally spoke up. "You are a wolf, witch, and Lycan hybrid?"


    I thought for a minute, then nodded. "But it is more than that."


    Thoth sighed. "How?"


    I sat back. "So. My wolf is a direct descendant of the first family, and my witch''s linees from the oldest in the area. Actually." I closed my eyes and


    remembered the memory. "The first family of wolves was created by the son of the witch."


    "What?" My dad cut in.


    "Grandma''s witches line is traced back to an ancient line that lived in the woods. There was a mother and a son. She raised him to take her ce worshipping the three faced goddess. But he was attacked by my wolves, the animals protected by the moon


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    goddess. The wolves confused him for another and attacked, nearly killing him. The witch prayed for her goddess to save him, but she refused. The moon goddess granted him the shift as a repayment. His life was saved, but forever changed. So our witch''s line,


    and our wolfs line have been intertwined since the beginning. But my Lycan line..." My eyes snapped open. "Is descended from


    the goddess herself."


    Thoth huffed out a breath. "All Lycans descended from the goddess."


    I nodded. "The first Lycan was bourne from her blood. But my family was bourne from her flesh."


    "That''s impossible." Thoth cut in.


    I lifted a brow. "Do you know how lycans came to be?"


    "Yes...do you?" Thoth sounded skeptical. "The actual story, not the bullshit that was taught in school."


    "When the goddess was young, she saw a man in a mountain who was dying. But she was trapped in the night sky. He prayed to


    the moon in the sky thest thing he could see, and she felt for him. She cut herself and allowed her blood to drip into his mouth,


    transforming him. Her blood changed him into the first Lycan."


    "Yeah." I heard him reposition himself. "That''s actually right. But where did you hear the story from?"


    "The goddess.” I shrugged. "And she didn''t tell me. She showed me." I sat back. "She told meter about how my line came to be." I picked at my nail bed. "When the goddess was finally strong enough to leave the sky, she came down and fell in love with one descendant of the first Lycan. She became his wife, had his pups, and then he betrayed her with another Lycan. She retreated


    to the sky and watched over her children. The ones she created and the ones she bore."