Caleb's Crossing Novels & Stories

"Hey, don't be surprised. Sadie's always been kind of slow. She hit her head in a car crash when she was 16." "For real? And Caleb's been letting a girl like that chase after him for years? Isn't that kinda gross?" Caleb lit a cigarette. He exhaled slowly and asked, "If an idiot chased you for years, wouldn't you find it gross?" "Ugh, even thinking about it gives me the creeps." Everyone laughed at his dramatic shudder. I gripped my phone tightly. On the screen was a message Caleb had sent me three hours ago. "I'm hurt. Mount Crescent peak. Get here in three hours."

I tell him wanting to maybe find some answers he may have since Kate told me he was the one that found me. Caleb shifted in his chair and ran his hand through those luscious golden locks of waves before saying, “I was out hunting heading back because of a storm that pushed in, and I heard a loud explosion. When I made it to the scene a SUV smashed to the point of recognition was engulfed in flames. I looked up towards where the road was and saw your lifeless body. You were barely hanging onto life and when I picked you up to carry you…” Caleb paused like he was thinking about what he was about to say and then continued, “I knew I had no time and had to bring you here.”

I said. “Okay, do you need any help?” she asked. “I'm good. I guess Leah needs it more. No, she's old enough to pack her things herself,” I said and after a slight smile, I went back to my room. *** The next day… Sky's P.O.V Everything was already prepared, and Barry, Dad's most trusted driver was the one taking us to Country P. We should've gone by plane, but I wasn't really a fan of traveling by plane.

Xavier asked. "It's an outstation transfer. Her company has a branch there." Xavier jotted down the address, ended the call, and bought plane tickets to Fresnia. He flew for over ten hours before finally touching down in Lyondale. He couldn't read Fresnian, let alone the street names on the signboards. He used a translator app and asked around for directions until he finally found himself outside Serena's office building. He stood at the entrance and waited from afternoon until evening. When night fell and the street lights came to life, he finally spotted her leaving the building.

Just enough to sense us. And it was hungry. --- Caleb I didn’t plan to do it. But when the tear began to unfurl, something deep within me surged. A sound erupted from my core—not a scream. Not a cry. Just pure, untamed power. The wind spiraled backward. The wolves faltered. And the seam in the sky? It halted, motionless. As if I’d pressed pause on something ancient. I locked eyes with Mommy. And said, “I think I can close it.”

Caleb found some girls to talk to fairly quickly. He’d dealt with situations like this before and knew just where to look. He smiled, cordially, as he approached the group. Emma elected to stay in the car. Caleb resisted the urge to frown as he realized none of their cake-make-up faces were familiar. It was always harder to get information from girls who didn’t know him. One was wearing a red wig with matching lipstick and gold eye shadow. One had bleach-blonde hair, pink lips and blue eyelids. The third had decided to be a bit bolder with a black wig, lips and eye shadow.

If Ava drifted into that zone, even her evolved Spencer DNA wouldn't save her from being boiled alive. "Secure the nursery sector and destroy the extraction pods," Caleb commanded, his voice turning into pure, freezing ice. "I’m going out into the water." "Boss, that’s suicide!" Silas yelled. "The external currents down here will rip your lifelines to shreds!" "Then I’ll swim without them," Caleb said. He didn't hesitate. He ran down the corridor toward the emergency escape trunk, slamming the manual flooding valve. Cold, crushing seawater flooded the chamber in seconds, swallowing him whole as he launched himself out into the pitch-black abyss of the Pacific trench.

The truth we’d have to keep hidden. I turned onto my back, staring at the ceiling. I’d crossed the line tonight. And once you crossed, there was no going back. The only question left was whether Ava and I were strong enough to survive whatever came next.

“No, it wasn’t us. It was Alpha Austin, looks like an ambush. No one is in any of the vehicles, I don’t want to search the surrounding area and leave her.” I went to open my door and Caleb stepped over, closing it back. He got back in the car, “got it, we’ll proceed.” Caleb set his phone back down and closed his door, slowly driving around the wreckage. He looked back at me, “they were ambushed, I’m not sure where they are but Beta Zaine is going to get Beta Ryan and they’re going to head out and see what they can find.”

Caitlin flew over the Hudson River, Caleb’s dead body in her arms, heading right for Pollepel Island. She dove in, coming lower, aiming for the castle courtyard. The cold river air brushed her face, her tears, but unlike other times, it didn’t calm her. Nothing could calm her, ever again.