The aftermath of the Envoy’s arrival left the Pack in a state of religious terror. To the Reclaimed wolves—those who had spent years as silent passengers in their own bodies—the twins were no longer just the Alpha’s sons; they were living gods who had broken their chains To the rest of the world, the twins were now the reason the stars were staring back with such malevolent intent.
We gathered in the ruins of my mother’s office, the only room in the Black Mountain Estate that still felt private, even with the windows shattered. Lilith sat in the corner, her lab coat torn and her eyes fixed on the droplets of mercury I had collected in a heavy glass jar. She looked terrified, but for the first time in my life, she looked human—vulnerable and small.
“They won’t stop with one Envoy,” Lil
