"It’s not just the tides," Morgan says, bringing up a new screen. It shows the moon. "Look at the lunar orbit."
I stare at the screen. The moon is slightly larger than it should be. Its orbit has shifted, moving closer to the Earth by a fraction of a percent.
"The Devourer’s negative mass is exerting a gravitational pull on the solar system," Morgan explains, her voice dropping to a horrified whisper. "It’s not just eating the Oort cloud anymore. It’s dragging the entire system toward it. The tidal forces are just the beginning. If it gets any closer, the gravitational shear will tear the Earth apart before it even touches us."
She looks up at us, her eyes shining with unshed tears. "The timeline has collapsed. We don't have six months. Based on the current rate of orbital decay... we h
