Calvin's POV
The room spun. I staggered back, gripping the edge of my desk for support. “What?!”
“Every single one,” Franklin said, his voice cracking. “Boys. Girls. From newborns to twelve-year-olds. Not one of them is alive.”
“No,” I whispered, shaking my head. “That’s not possible.”
Franklin’s hands trembled as he ran them through his hair. “It happened all at once,” he said, his voice filled with disbelief. “They fell asleep at the same time. None of them woke up.”
Sue’s wails grew louder, a piercing sound that filled the room and made the air feel heavy.
Franklin’s shoulders began to shake. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” he said, his voice barely audible. “Not in the history of our Pack or anywhere else. This isn’t natural, Alpha.”
He crumbled into a nearby chair, buryi
