Origins *Book 3 Of The Hunted Series*

Chapter 23: Burning Bridges

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"What did you do?" Alex growls at Malia, eyes darkening slowly.

"I didn't do anything. It happened." Malia days, shifting infront of Kayla.

Alex growls at the movement.

"I wouldn't dare hurt her. Why is she a hellhound?" Alex growls, flexing her fingers, attempting to keep her claws in.

"Mom?"

Alex glances at me and growls, moving her eyes back to Malia.

"What did you think was going to happen  when she became a hybrid?" Malia grunts, crossing her arms.

"Did you do it for a power thing?" Alex questions, swallowing venom.

Malia growls and steps closer to Alex.

"Baby, you're burning a bridge that doesn't need to be burned." Chey says, laying a hand on her wife's back.

"A power thing? Natalie had a choice. When we asked her if she preferred vampire or hybrid, she chose hybrid. You think I was born this way?! I died and Remus selfishly made me a hellhound because he didn't want me to die. I died protecting all of you and I'd do it again. I didn't have a choice!! She did and she decided on her own." Malia growls, eyes flashing purple.

Alex growls and takes a deep breath, not wanting to believe it.

"It shouldn't have happened." Alex grunts, narrowing her eyes.

"I sent you away!! I sent you to the other side of the fucking world!! I tried to keep all of you safe!! I would've happily died again if it meant keeping all of you safe!! I would give up being a Titan, a hybrid, everything to keep all of you safe!!" Malia roars, fear and something like rejection shining in her eyes.

Mom, what are you doing?

Alex growls and looks away. Malia whimpers and tears cloud her eyes.

Malia's pain and fear rips through me and Malik, feeling our alpha hellhound in pain.

That's where I draw the line.

"Mom!! It wasn't her fault!! When I was in the Underworld, I asked how to become a hellhound. It was my choice!! They told me no. They told me it wasn't necessary to become a hellhound. I begged them. I begged Ceberus to talk to them. It wasn't her. It wasn't Hades. It wasn't Ceb. It was me. Stop blaming her. Stop rejecting her."

Alex stares me down, moving her eyes to Malia, she growls and blurs away.

Malia looks in the direction she went, eyes cloudy with tears.

"Malia, I'm so sorry." Chey says, blurring after mom.

Malia growls in frustration running her finger through her long locs, her hybrid feeling rejected.

I wrap my arms around her waist, feeling the lycan in her tuck her tail.

"Don't shut down Malia, it's ok. She'll come around. Please don't shut down."

Malia grunts and unwraps my arms. She looks down at me, nods and walks out the door.

"Do we follow?" Kira asks her brother.

"I'm not sure." Devon says, frowning.

"Stay. I'll go." Kayla says, eyes dark, lycan at the front of her mind.

She blurs away, her growl trailing her.

I sigh and rub my eyes. Malik wraps his arms around me, nuzzling my neck.