I was confused. Why is Aldus talking about the difference in aging if Mateo is a human? "Didn't you say that Mateo was just a human and that is why they wanted to kick him out?"
"That is not entirely true.", Aldus said and made a dramatic pause. "You see, Damiano asked me to do a number of tests on the boy when he was about six or seven years old. Mateo was lacking the traits of an Alpha and he had shown no special abilities. And even though he had his father's DNA, and I identified a second presence inside him, the boy was unable to shapeshift. It was like his beast was dormant. Now if we assume that his beast is present and undeveloped, that would explain why he was lacking traits of an Alpha which stem from the beast."
