Chapter 191

ANDREA’S POV From the moment the news hit, everything exploded. The phones wouldn’t stop ringing. Reporters clustered outside the factory gates like vultures in human clothes. Protesters had already started gathering by the time Kade and I stepped out into the chaos—some waving hand-painted signs, others shoving even more cameras in our faces. The tension hung in the air like a storm cloud, dark and humming with static. As I beheld the havoc, my heart sank to the pit of my stomach. This place—my factory—had been created to represent progress, peace, and collaboration between wolves and humans. That had once been threatened by the potion/plague fiasco. But this… This was much worse. Now, it looked like a crime scene. Police cruisers lined the curb. Yellow tape crisscrossed the entrance. And at the center of it all stood Mayor Blackstone, flanked by two stiff-looking aides and a small army of uniformed officers. I headed for him, Kade hot on my heels. “Mayor Blackstone,” I called out, my