Lily POV
The Void Walker crashed through the cave roof like a falling meteor, sending rocks and dust everywhere. I rolled away just as a massive chunk of stone smashed where I'd been stood. The monster landed hard, its gray form crackling with hungry energy.
"Lily, get back!" Caleb shouted, but I was already moving toward the hurt being instead of away from it.
Something was different about this Void Walker. Where others I'd seen moved with predatory ease, this one stumbled. Its gray skin shifted between solid and transparent, like a bad television signal. Most shocking of all, its eyes weren't totally empty - I could see pain there. Real, terrible pain.
The creature tried to lunge at me, but fell halfway. Dark energy leaked from cracks in its form like blood from cuts. It was dying, and somehow I could feel its pain as if it were my own.
"Help... me..." The words came out as a whisper, barely audible.
