I have read quite a few urban fantasy series like the mercy thompson/ alpha and omega series, novels of the others, and more.

I just started Bitten: women of the otherworld. In the first few chapters there is a comment from Elena about werewolves propagation.

● there are only 35 werewolves in the world

● only males inherit the werewolf gene, female/intersex children do not even inherit the gene in a dormant state.

● few if any survive the werewolf bite.

● many werewolves die in territory spats/ alpha dominance fights/ killed by the pack.

● werewolves tend to eat their human mates or detest them entirely.

With this data we can basically assume that werewolves are right on the cusp of being an extinct species, like 100 to 50 years. A virtually extinct species with a penchant for familial homicide and propagation at a rate of 49% IF they can mate.

I feel that story lacks the appropriate amount of dread for the death of their species.

Did this bother anyone else?