~Elara~
I felt like the room was spinning. "So you're saying she volunteered to be a werewolf to save her life? And what—that somehow affected me too?"
Maya and Caleb exchanged a look.
"The Alpha Algorithm wasn't just a piece of code," Maya said carefully. "It was a complete genetic reprogramming sequence. Once activated in Helen's DNA, it began to self-replicate, self-improve."
"Like a virus," I whispered.
"Like an evolution," Caleb corrected.
My hand went instinctively to the silver streak in my hair—identical to my mother's. "And she passed it to me."
"She altered it before passing it to you," Maya clarified, pointing to the rotating DNA model on screen. "Your sequence is more stable, more harmonious. The human and wolf aspects integrate perfectly without conflict."
"She redesig
