Chapter 60: The World Breaks
Lily POV
The scream that came out of my throat wasn’t just mine. The shadow magic of Morrigan tore through our souls like a hacksaw through silk, and every wolf on Earth screamed with me.
Every single one of the pack ties started to break apart, and I fell to my knees. The bond I had with Caleb ever since we mated felt like it was being pulled so hard that it broke. The warm feeling I had that Aiden was worried about the other people in his pack went away. Brock’s fierce protectiveness of the kids went away like smoke.
"No, no, NO!" I gasped and put my hands to my chest, where the feeling of being empty was getting worse. I could see dogs falling all around me. Elder Iris tripped and hit her face on a tree. She was in a lot of pain. Sarah’s terrified whimpers cut through the chaos as she couldn’t feel her mother’s comfort longer.
Through the fading Triple Moon link, I felt it happening worldwide. Mothers forgot why they loved their children. Mates looked at each other like strangers. Pack leaders stared at their followers with empty confusion. The very thing that made us wolves – our ability to bond, to join, to be family – was being murdered.
"Lily!" Caleb reached for me, but when our skin touched, there was nothing. No spark. No mention. No love flooding through our link. Just... emptiness.
His eyes opened in horror. "I can’t feel you," he whispered. "I know I should love you, but I can’t remember why."
My heart shattered into a million pieces. This was exactly what the Moon Goddess had warned me about. But seeing it happen to the whole world was so much worse than I’d imagined.
Child, the Goddess’s voice was getting weaker in my mind. The corruption spreads faster than I estimated. Soon, even I will lose my link to my children.