Chapter 89: A Shield of Emptiness
Lily POV
The thing that looked like Caleb grabbed my arm, and I waited for the burning pain that should have come from touching a Void Walker. Instead, I felt... nothing. Just normal skin touching skin.
"Lily," it said in Caleb’s voice, but with that hollow echo underneath. "Why aren’t you screaming?"
I stared at the thing wearing my mate’s face, confused. According to everything I’d learned about Void Walkers, they caused terrible pain when they touched someone with strong pack ties. But I felt perfectly fine.
"I don’t understand," I whispered.
The fake Caleb tilted its head, those empty black eyes studying me. "Neither do we. You should be writhing in pain right now."
More possessed pack members crowded around us. I recognized each face - Aiden, Brock, Luna, even little Sarah from the nursery. All with those same terrible black eyes. All looking at me like I was some kind of puzzle they couldn’t solve.
"Try harder," the thing wearing Aiden’s body ordered. "Feed on her pack bonds."
The fake Caleb pressed both hands against my face. I closed my eyes, expecting the worst. But again, nothing happened. No pain, no feeling of something being pulled from my soul.
"There’s nothing there," it said, sounding truly confused. "Her pack bonds are... gone."
My heart stopped. "What do you mean, gone?"