The level of depression, shame, and self loathing Caleb I'd experiencing is rock solid proof he us worthy of redemption. Truly bad people have no pangs of conscience like Caleb.
Few things are as tiring and tedious as chronic depression for both the subject and those around them.
Hemingway called his depression the Black Ass. It's one of the myriad of euphemisms coined for depression. It will take a lot to pull Caleb out of this spiraling suction he's consigned himself to. He keeps running away. He has to be forced to confront it all and make peace with it.
We suspected Asa was Caleb's mate in the last chapter, and this turns out to be true. How long before Asa understands this or those around them do?
I see expeditious ways to pull Caleb out of this, but they aren't pretty or nice.
His wolf isn't going to sit still for running from his mate. No sir.