KAREN’S POV
The moment the solution settled into the test tube, a quiet certainty settled into my bones.
I blinked down at it, my chest rising and falling in shallow, disbelieving breaths. The liquid inside shimmered—a vibrant, living silver, pulsing faintly under the sterile lab lights. No erratic swirls. No violent separation. No hissing, no smoke. Just… stillness. Perfection.
My fingers trembled as I lifted the glass tube, tilting it gently. The light caught the surface, casting delicate ripples against the glass.
It’s real. The thought crashed into me like a wave, stealing my breath.
“It’s done,” I whispered, my voice barely audible over the frantic hammering of my heart. “It’s really done.”
A laugh bubbled up from somewhere deep inside me—raw, disbelieving, giddy. My lips stretched into a grin so wide it hurt.
I did it. After all the sleepless nights, the failures, the moments I wanted to scream in frustration… I actually did it.
The cure for Alpha Xavier’s Lycan side. The key to
