CALEB POV
Time stopped moving around Lily.
The woman with the kind eyes froze mid-sentence, her mouth open as she waited for Lily's answer. The other dimensional hunters stood like statues. Even the wind quit blowing.
But I could still move, and I could see what was happening to Lily that the others couldn't.
She was coming apart.
Tiny pieces of her were flashing in and out of existence - a finger here, a strand of hair there, like she was being erased bit by bit. The stress of making this impossible choice was physically tearing her apart at the dimensional level.
"Lily!" I reached for her, but my hand passed right through her arm. She was becoming unstuck from this world.
She didn't seem to notice. Her eyes were focused on something far away, probably seeing dreams of what would happen to our pack if she didn't save them. The fear in her face was so strong it made my heart break.
I had to do something. But what could I do against dimensional magic?
