Chapter 99 — The Cult of Balance

Serena POV

The whispers began almost immediately after the council hall assassination attempt.

At first, they were nothing more than rumors—fragments of conversation among traveling shifters, tales passed in hushed tones around fires and in hidden villages.

Then the stories took shape, gathering teeth and claws, turning into legends overnight. Leo was no longer simply the Child of Balance. He was now The Equilibrium, a living symbol of hope—or a ...