Chapter 121: Caleb’s Fear
Caleb POV
The scream that tore from my throat echoed through the forest as Lily’s body suddenly went rigid in my arms. One second she was solid and warm against me, the next she was fading like smoke, her edges becoming see-through.
"Lily!" I gripped her tighter, but my hands passed through parts of her like she was made of mist. "No, no, no. Stay with me!"
Her eyes rolled back, showing only white, and when she spoke, three different sounds came out of her mouth at the same time. The sound made my skin crawl.
"I can see them all," she whispered in those terrible overlapping voices. "Every choice we never made. Every road we didn’t take."
"What’s happening to her?" Sage cried, her face pale with fear.
Elder Iris stumbled to her feet, leaning heavily on a tree. "The reality seal is pulling her awareness into the spaces between worlds. She’s becoming unstuck from our timeline."
I felt like someone had punched me in the gut. "Fix it! You have to fix it!"
"I don’t know how," Elder Iris revealed, and those four words nearly broke me.
Lily’s body flickered again, and for a moment I could see right through her to the trees behind. When she hardened, she looked at me with confusion, like she didn’t recognize me.
"Caleb?" she said, but her voice sounded faraway. "Why are there three of you?"