“Did he tell you?” Klaus makes me jump

“Tell me what?” Klaus has a heavy set frown too. “I’m guessing by your expression that you found out it can’t be done.”

“Actually what I found has nothing to do with you and everything to do with me.”

“You?”

“It took me by surprise too.” He drops his gaze. “Do you remember what I told you when we first met?”

My brow creases as I try to remember our first conversation. I had been a nervous wreck at the time. “About being bound?”

He nods his head at me. “But also that I was born into a different pack or so I thought.”

“You weren’t?”

“Oh I was, but I wasn’t part of that pack.” He sits down on the steps. “Turns out, my parents had infiltrated the pack. It’s where Brax and I have been the last couple of days.”

“Why?”

“According to Brax, the pack was attacked about a decade ago by Rogue Lycans.”

“Your parents?”

“My birth parents were killed just after my birth. The people that raised me and then had me bound were part of the pack but yes, they were killed in the attack. The Luna there confirmed it.”

“They killed your parents? Why? Because they snuck into the pack?”

“My birth mother was heavily pregnant with me. She asked for help, The Alpha and Luna gave it.”

“You said they infiltrated?” I mutter

“I guess that’s the wrong word. My parents told the Alpha and Luna that Lycans were going to attack the pack. They didn’t believe them because Lycans weren’t a thing or so everyone thought. The Alpha thought it was a trap and the moment my mother started pushing me out, he had them slaughtered. I was taken in by one of the childless Omegas. Her and husband went on to bind me when I became a threat.”

“You are hardly a threat, Klaus. All you like to do is help.”

“Now. Being here probably helped. Being supported and given a home. My life was very different before I met Dane and if my parents hadn’t been killed, I would be just like Brax.”

“Don’t be stupid. You are nothing like him.”

“Turns out I am. My parents were Hunters, Neah. That’s why they knew Lycans were about. That’s how they knew the pack was going to be under attack.”

“You’re joking, right?” He shakes his head. “You are not a Hunter, Klaus. You don’t hate Lycans. You like spending time with my boys. I see chatting away to Damien about stuff. You are not a Hunter.”

“It came as a bit of a shock to me too.” He lowers his head, as sadness fills his eyes

“You can see souls?”

“No.” He shakes his head.

“Abraxas talks about information passed down through the blood. You’ve never….”

“I had an idea that you weren’t a

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Wolf when met you. Besides being bound, you were just a little different, the kind couldn’t quite put my. fingeron. How do you think I found the books with information about your kind so easily?”

“You had already been looking?”

He nods and gives me a small smile.

“I’m guessing a lot of it has to do with nature vs nurture. I wasn’t aware that Hunters existed. I was

always a quiet kid. As I said, I waset

bullied for not having a Wolf for so long. Maybe because I wasn’t raised in that life, my brain just forgot.” He smiles at me, “If you haven’t noticed, I’m not much of a killer either.”

“Does Dane know?”

“I thought would tell you first. I don’t want you wondering about the safety of the twins around me. And I would also prefer to keep that part of my life quiet because I definitely don’t see myself as a Hunter.”

I nod. “Are you related to Abraxas then?”

“Not that I’m aware of and he doesn’t seem to think so. He isn’t the only Hunter in the world Neah.” Why had I never considered that? ‘Because you can be stupid.’ Nyx mutters. She had been quiet for a little while now, but suddenly this conversation was of interest to her. “So there’s more.” I scowl, ignoring my Lycan again.

“Yes and they could be a problem, especially if they learn that Lycans are on the move to come here.”

“We will be sitting targets.”