Chapter 181

Selene stood still among the falling debris from the building.

Her grandmother’s words still made her heart thud.

You were my greatest experiment.

The old woman smiled faintly, that same soft smile she had once used to lull a grieving child to sleep. “Still so stubborn. I thought you might understand by now, Selene. You are the evolution our kind needed. The bridge between what was and what must come.”

Selene’s voice was low, “You created monsters. You are not one of our kind.”

Her grandmother chuckled. “And yet… you are one of mine.”

Then she lifted her hand. The air trembled, rippling like water disturbed by unseen...