The Alpha King's Secret Hybrid Baby

Five years ago, Eva gave birth to a hybrid wolf pup. The staff said it was illegal for a human to keep a hybrid child and that they were required to report it. Eva begged to see her daughter. She kept the child hidden and raised her as Lily.

The baby's wolf traits told Eva the father had to be a werewolf. She remembered the night she was drugged and in heat. A man found her and said he did not sleep with women who could not say no. Eva answered that she was not going to say no. He warned her he would not be gentle. She said yes. Five years later, she still had no name for him.

Eva raised Lily on charity dinners and soup kitchen leftovers. The girl's appetite turned more wolf than human, and Eva taught her to hide her ears and never talk to animals. A temp shift at Kinshir Hotel for the Alpha King's engagement party came up, so Eva brought Lily along and hid her.

The Alpha King had been searching for the woman from five years ago. His mother and the Oracle wanted his firstborn to be the only female silver wolf in the bloodline. Before the ball, he noticed Eva and asked if she had worked at the hotel five years ago. His body knew her before his mind did. She said she did not remember. When she saw his silver wolf ears, she thought they looked just like Lily's and wondered if he could be Lily's father. Then he told her only Kinsmen had silver fur. Eva realized Lily's father had to be a Kinsman.

At the ball, the Alpha King asked Eva for the first dance. Serena called it a humiliation. He told Serena she was his mother's choice, not his. That rejection turned into fury. When Eva tried to leave, Serena accused her of theft. Security searched her. Serena found Lily in a service cart and shouted that Eva was hiding a hybrid. Eva tried to stop them. Lily turned into a wolf pup and ran, crying for Daddy to save her and Eva.