Chapter 145: Caleb’s Dedication
CALEB POV
I threw the old book across the room, pages fluttering like dying birds. Nothing. Three days of research and I had nothing to show for it except bloodshot eyes and a building sense of panic.
"There has to be something," I muttered, pulling another dusty book from the shelf. "There has to be a way to save her."
The pack library felt like a jail. I’d been locked in here since the Devourer took control of Lily, desperately looking for any information about dimensional anchors or possession by ancient entities. So far, I’d found absolutely zero helpful answers.
My hands shook as I opened the book. I couldn’t stop thinking about Lily’s face when the thing took over. The way her eyes went completely black. The way she’d begged us to run before she became something dangerous.
"Caleb?" Aiden’s voice came from behind me. "You need to eat something."
"I’m not hungry," I said, not looking up from the page.
"You haven’t eaten in two days."
"I don’t care."
Aiden sat down across from me. "This won’t help her if you collapse."
"Nothing I’m doing is helping her," I said sadly. "She’s locked in the basement, fighting a monster inside her head, and I’m up here reading useless books."
"The books aren’t useless," Aiden said. "You found information about dimensional bases. That’s more than anyone else knew."