Lucas’s POV
I couldn't sleep, the fire in my chamber had burned to embers, the shadows stretching across the stone walls like claws. I’d stripped down, tried lying still but my body wouldn’t rest. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her face….Ava’s face when she whispered Orion’s name, her voice raw and broken. The memory of her trembling as she admitted her own blood had betrayed her carved me open again and again.
And it's been a week since Kane sent out orders to track down Orion. I know he said we shouldn't go ourselves but I felt restless, we haven't even gotten any message from them.
Kane’s words… “I’ve already sent trackers, we’ll wait.”
Wait.
I couldn’t wait, not when Orion was out there, not when he still breathed the same air as her, not when he could still put his knife into
