Alaric Saltzman

Elijah glanced back at him, a little uncertain. Then he turned around, and read slowly through it, leaving out the more personal details that weren't on the wall, but going with what was there: the land of the wolves, the people who came from across the sea; the death of the child; the grief of the mother; the violation of nature; the creation of the cold, fanged ones; the boy who was also a wolf--a new symbol there, the hybrid; the curse laid on him by his mother... Elijah's voice faltered once or twice near the end. He stopped, coughed, kept going.

The rejection of the village and the witch and her mate. The...He stopped completely, stepping back from the wall in shock, looking like he'd been punched in the gut.