Chapter 108: Lily’s Transformation
Lily POV
The baby in my arms aged fifty years in three seconds, then turned back into a newborn, crying for her mother who had been dead for a week.
"No, no, no," I whispered, holding little Emma tighter as another wave of chaotic magic washed over our hiding spot. Around me, six other children huddled together while reality went totally insane. Fire burned underwater. Gravity pointed in three different ways. Time hiccupped like a broken record.
This was supposed to be our safe place - a small cave where we’d been hidden since the Reality Storms started. But nowhere was safe anymore. The world had gone mad, and I was just a pregnant omega werewolf trying to keep these kids alive until someone bigger could save us.
"Miss Lily," whimpered Jake, a seven-year-old vampire child whose fangs hadn’t even grown in yet. "I’m scared."
"I know, sweetie," I said, shifting Emma to one arm so I could pull Jake closer. "But we’re going to be okay. The storm will pass."
I hoped I was telling the truth. My mate Caleb was somewhere out there fighting alongside the supernatural allies. My pack brothers Aiden and Brock were leading werewolf forces against the Void Walkers. And here I was, hidden away like the weak omega everyone thought I was.
Except something strange was happening to me.
Every time the chaos magic hit our cave, I felt it before anyone else. Like a warning buzz in my bones. And lately, when I focused really hard, I could make the crazy magic calm down for a few seconds.
Not stop it completely. Just... settle it, like calming a crying baby.
Another reality wave crashed over us, and this time it was worse. The cave walls started aging quickly, crumbling into dust. The air itself began turning solid while the ground became liquid. The children screamed as we started sinking into what used to be stone.