INICIAR SESIÓNOrion’s POVPain.That was the first thing I felt when I opened my eyes.A deep, burning pain spread through my side, and for a moment, I couldn’t understand why my entire body felt so heavy.I tried to move and a sharp pain immediately shot through me then I groaned and my eyes opened again.There was a sound of a monitor beside me, I blinked several times and tried to remember what had happened.My eyes widened “Aria.”My voice came out rough and weak, I tried to sit up and pain immediately tore through my side.“Ah.”“Orion!” I heard my mother’s voice and I turned my head.She was sitting beside my bed, her eyes were swollen from crying and my father stood behind her.For a few seconds, I simply stared at them.They were both crying and my mother grabbed my hand.“Oh, my baby.”I swallowed “Mom?”She squeezed my fingers “You’re awake.”My father came closer and his face looked different, I couldn’t explain it, he looked older and even broken.“You scared us,” my mother whispe
Aria’s POVThe gunshot echoed through the forest, for a second, nobody moved then Jason’s hand slowly fell away from my mouth.Then his knees gave out and he collapsed onto the muddy ground, I stared at him, frozen and my heart was pounding so hard that I could hear it.I slowly looked up and there he was, Andrew.My big brother stood between the trees with a gun in his hand.His chest was rising and falling heavily and his handsome face was filled with anger, fear, and something else I hadn’t seen in him before.“Andrew…”My voice came out as a whispe and he looked directly at me “Aria.”The moment I heard my name from his mouth, everything inside me broke.I ran toward him “Andrew!”He dropped the gun and opened his arms, I crashed into him and he wrapped both arms around me so tightly that I could barely breathe.“You’re here,” he whispered.I started crying “I knew you’d come.”His hands moved over my hair and back as though he needed to make sure I was actually standing in fro
Aria’s POVI couldn’t feel my legs anymore, I just kept running.Branches slapped against my arms as Orion pulled me through the forest, both of us stumbling over roots and wet rocks.Behind us, I could hear them after us, Jason and his brother, they were so relentless and still coming after us.“Don’t stop,” Orion breathed.“I can’t run anymore.”“You can.”He grabbed my hand tighter “Keep going.”Rain had started falling, at first, it was only a few drops and then more and within seconds, it was pouring.My hair was sticking to my face, and the ground beneath my feet was becoming slippery, I looked over my shoulder.For one second, I thought we’d lost them and then a figure stepped out from behind the trees, it was Jason.I stopped so suddenly that Orion nearly crashed into me and Jason smiled.“You really thought you could get away?”My heart dropped and the second man appeared behind him.Orion stepped in front of me “Stay behind me.”Jason laughed “You’re still trying to protect
Aiden’s POVThe call ended and for a few seconds, I just stood there with the phone pressed against my ear.I could still hear Aria’s voice in my head.Aiden.We’re alive and there’s a family here but they won’t let us leave.Then the scream and sound of something hitting the ground, my heart was pounding so hard that I could barely breathe.“Aria?”I pulled the phone away from my ear and stared at the screen, the call had ended “No.”I immediately called her back and there was no reply, i tried again and still nothing.My hands were already shaking when I ran toward the others.Andrew was standing near the vehicle with Lily beside him. Orion’s parents were a few steps away, speaking with one of the search team members.Andrew looked at me “What happened?”I didn’t answer immediately, i was struggling to get the words out.“It was Aria.”His face changed instantly “What?”“I spoke to her.”Lily rushed toward me “You spoke to Aria?”I nodded “She’s still alive.”Lily covered her mouth
Orion’s POVI couldn’t stop thinking about the way Aria had looked at me.She had been crying against my chest, holding onto me as though I was the only thing keeping her from falling apart and maybe I was.But the truth was, she had become that for me too.I just hadn’t wanted to admit it to myself and definitely not to her.Years of depending on only myself could be the cause, I had spent so much time pretending what I felt for Aria was simply because we were trapped together.Because we had survived the wave together and I was responsible for keeping her safe, we were the only two people here who understood what the other was going through.But it wasn’t just that anymore, I cared about her because I don’t see myself jumping into a wave to save any other persoon.And when I imagined this island without her, my chest tightened and even when she cried, I wanted to make it stop.When she smiled, I wanted to be the reason.I had been hiding from the truth because admitting it scared
Aria’s POVI woke up with a strange feeling in my chest, for a moment, I didn’t remember where I was and then I felt the hard ground beneath me.I remembered our kiss and then my cheeks warmed and I quickly looked away, now was definitely not the time to think about that.We were still trapped on an island with three psychopaths who had already tried to stop us from being rescued.I sat up carefully and Orion stirred awake “Aria?”“I’m here.”He opened his eyes “Are you okay?”“Yeah I guess.”He pushed himself up and his face was still a little bruised from the fight and I reached toward him.“Your face.”“I’m fine.”“You don’t look fine.”He gave me a small smile “Neither do you.”I rolled my eyes “Very funny.”For a moment, neither of us spoke and then we heard footsteps, my entire body went rigid and Orion immediately looked toward the entrance.“Did you hear that?”I nodded and the footsteps became louder and then we heard voices, ome sounded like Janice.“Check inside.”My stom







