CALEB POV
The Devourer's hunger hit me like a punch to the stomach.
Through our bond, I felt Lily's terror as the old entity reached for us with invisible claws made of pure appetite. It wanted to eat every bit of dimensional energy we'd touched, and that included the network connecting all the refugees we'd tried to save.
"It's feeding on the connections!" I shouted to our heroes. "Every bond we made is giving it more power!"
Kestrel's voice came through the chaos. "We're trying to cut the network, but it's fighting back!"
I could feel it happening - the Devourer was using our own creation against us, changing the bonds of friendship and hope into chains that fed its endless hunger.
But then something unexpected happened. Instead of fear, I felt anger rise in my chest. Not the wild, damaging anger I'd seen consume other wolves, but something focused and protective.
"No," I said strongly. "We didn't save all those people just to let something else destroy them."
