Chapter 61: A Mate’s Desperation
Caleb POV
The blast of light from the corrupted Moon Stone threw me backward, but I fought through the blazing pain to keep my eyes on Lily. She was still touching that terrible green stone, her body rigid as silver fire poured from her Triple Moon mark.
"Lily!" I screamed, stumbling toward her. My chest felt like something was being ripped out of it. The mate link – what little was left of it – was stretching thinner and thinner with every second.
I knew I should love this girl. My mind remembered kissing her, holding her, promising to protect her forever. But the feelings were disappearing like a dream I couldn’t quite catch. Soon, she’d be just another person to me. A stranger.
The thought scared me more than dying.
"Don’t do this!" I reached for her, but an unseen barrier around the stone pushed me back. "There has to be another way!"
Lily’s head turned slightly toward me. Her face was pale, her eyes filled with tears. "Caleb, I can feel it working. The evil is fighting back, but the Triple Moon power is stronger. I can save everyone."
"But you’ll lose everything!" My voice cracked. "We’ll lose everything!"
She smiled sadly. "What’s one love compared to millions?"
"It’s OUR love!" I slammed my hands against the invisible barrier. "It’s the most important thing in the world!"
Around us, the fight for every wolf’s soul raged on. Morrigan was pouring more dark magic into her spell, trying to make the corruption permanent before Lily could cleanse it. My brothers fought shadow creatures that kept appearing from the twisted trees. Elder Iris was on her knees, praying to the Moon Goddess with words I couldn’t understand.