Chapter 36
They knew something was wrong before Zainab did.
Not sickness—power.
The air around her began to shift subtly, like the world was learning her shape. Electronics glitched when she passed. Wolves—full-blooded, hardened warriors—lowered their heads without knowing why.
Rowan’s wolf, Vaelor, went silent for the first time in his existence.
When the truth surfaced, it wasn’t announced with joy.
It landed like a verdict.
She was pregnant.
lAnd not just with a child—
but with something the world had never carried.Zainab’s power was not wolf.
Not human.
Not royal in the way elders understood.
It was primordial—older than packs, older than laws.
Rowan’s blood, forged through dominance and violence, carried a line that should never have mixed with hers. Their powers didn’t
