The babies' screams changed into something terrifying—not cries of pain, but sounds of power rising.
Their small bodies began to glow with the same dark energy as the little girl who claimed to be the Destroyer. "What's happening to them?" Elara asked desperately.
"They're evolving," the little girl said with a smile that didn't fit on a child's face. "Just like I did when you abandoned me." "I never abandoned you," Elara said.
"I don't even know who you are." "I'm the daughter you could have had," the little girl said.
"In the timeline where you picked power over love. Where you became like me." Suddenly, Elara doubled over in pain. A sharp, cutting feeling tore through her stomach.
"Elara!" Kael ran to her side. "What's wrong?" Ronan asked anxiously.
"I don't know," Elara gasped. "Something's happening." "You're going into labor," her mother said in shock. "But that's impossible. You're not pregnant."
