ONCE WE SMELL YOU. WE NEVER GIVE UP THE HUNT."I wonder what my son looks like now." This thought reels through my mind every day that he isn't with me. For seventeen years my family and I searched for my son, using the resources accumulated by centuries of living among humans until finally he was found. Not only has he turned into the human-vampire hybrid of his DNA, but he is also a powerful witch. I am my son's mother, Ana, a human-vampire hybrid who will do anything to keep my son safe. Knowing the future based on my sister's time-splitting gifts, I thought I knew what was coming for all of us. Hunted and tortured by those who abhor us is exactly what I expect. But feeling that affliction from my own son is a twisted knife in my back.Young Blood is book #1 of The Hybrid Series. This is a fantasy vampire-human hybrid novel with magical realism and romance. There are some triggers: blood, gore, unaliving, kidnapping, suicidal ideation/attempt, and grief.