Hybrid. The word echoed through my mind, heavy with implications I struggled to grasp.

There was no credible evidence that a creature could exist as both werewolf and vampire. Legends spoke of a faint possibility—a child born of both species—but no records had ever confirmed it. The closest thing to an answer lay in the notes provided by Dr. Caspian Blackwell, compiled after his examination of one of the degenerates.

Caspian had identified striking similarities between these beings and ...