Chapter 40
Years later
Two years had passed.
The world had begun to breathe again. The elders were gone, packs were learning their own boundaries, and Zainab had finally begun to feel the quiet steadiness of her power.
But not all had revealed itself.
It began with subtle signs: a shift in the air, a tug in the bond that even Rowan felt. Not anger. Not need. Something older. Something familiar.
One night, under the glow of a silvered moon, it became undeniable.
Zainab felt it first—the life growing within her, hidden, unannounced. And this one… was different.
Where the first child had been a warning, a spark that burned too bright for the world to hold, this twin carried both the calm of balance and the edge of chaos. A perfect mirror of everything that had been lost… and everythin
