Chapter 518: The Truth He Left Behind
Silence settled in the room after Orion spoke.
The fire crackled softly in the hearth, the only sound that filled the space. Its warm glow flickered across the walls, across the bed, across Orion's bowed head where he sat at the edge of the mattress.
Sophia stared at him. Her throat felt dry.
"By it," she said slowly. "Do you mean death?"
Orion gave a slow nod.
Sophia swallowed at that. She didn't know what to say. She had no idea... no, she shook her head. She had been expecting something simple, not something like this. Not something as heavy as this.
She opened her mouth to speak, then closed it. She opened it again but nothing came out and she closed it back.
"This was why I didn't want to tell you. I knew you would react this way," he said softly.
Sophia ignored his words.
"W...what do you feel now?" she asked him.
