เข้าสู่ระบบAiden’s POVThe room was too quiet.Everyone had been talking for hours, but now we were sitting around a large table inside the temporary command center, and nobody seemed to know what else to say.Maps covered the table and the coastline had been marked with different colored lines. There were circles around areas that had already been searched, notes about the direction of the currents, and photographs taken from the helicopters.I stared at one particular map, the ocean looked so harmless on paper, it was just wide and blue but somewhere inside all that blue were two people I loved.My sister and Orion.I rubbed my tired eyes and across the table was Andrew.His expression was grim as he listened to the police commander explain the situation.Lily sat beside him, her hands clasped together.Orion’s parents were on the other side of the table.His mother looked exhausted.His father hadn’t said much since they arrived.There were several officers and members of the special forces
Orion’s POVThe first thing I heard was crying from beside me. I tried to open my eyes, but everything felt heavy.My head was pounding and my throat felt like sandpaper.My entire body ached as though I’d been hit by a truck, I frowned and tried to move and pain shot through my shoulder.I groaned and the crying stopped. “Orion?”The voice sounded familiar, I forced my eyes open and everything was blurry.A wooden ceiling was above me, I blinked several times.Where was I?I tried to sit up and a hand immediately pressed against my chest.“No, don’t!”I flinched and then my vision slowly cleared and Aria was right in front of me with big teary eyes.I stared at her.For a moment, my brain couldn’t make sense of what I was seeing.“Aria?”Her face crumpled. “You’re awake.”I blinked and she laughed through her tears.“You’re actually awake.”I tried to speak and my throat burned.She immediately reached for a cup beside the bed.“Here.”She helped me sit up slightly and brought the
Aiden’s POVThe next morning, I hadn’t slept not even for a few minutes. I sat in the temporary command center with a cup of coffee turning cold between my hands, staring at the map spread across the table.Red markings covered the coastline and search areas, some parts were marked red, that’s the places the boats had already checked.I rubbed my face and looked toward the ocean through the window. “Please be okay.”I whispered it so quietly that nobody heard me.Riley was sitting a few feet away and she looked at me. “You should sleep.”“I can’t.”“You said that yesterday.”“And I’m saying it again today.”She sighed and before she could say anything else, a loud sound came from outside, i looked up and they were helicopters.Several of them.Everyone inside the command center immediately started moving.I stood up and my heart started pounding. “They’re here.”Riley followed me outside and a helicopter landed nearby.The door opened and Andrew stepped out, looking like he was getti
Aiden’s POVI had never been this scared in my life, not when I was younger and definitely not during the worst moments with our parents.Not even when Aria and I had been separated before nothing compared to this.Because this time, I had no idea where my sister was.And Orion was missing too.I stood at the edge of the beach, staring at the ocean.The waves had calmed down considerably but all I could see was the moment Orion disappeared and Aria running after him.I closed my eyes and turned, one of the officers was standing behind me, I shook my head. “No.”He sighed. “We’re still searching.”“They’ve been gone for hours.”“I know.”“You don’t understand.”My voice cracked. “My sister can’t swim that far.”“We’re doing everything we can.”“Then do more.”The words came out harsher than I intended.The officer didn’t argue, he simply nodded.“We have divers in the water.”I looked toward the ocean and several boats were spread across the area, diviners had already gone in.Rescue
Aria’s POV“ORION!”The scream tore out of me, I didn’t think and I didn’t stop.The moment I saw him disappear beneath the rushing water, I ran after him.“Orion!”The waves were enormous now, crashing over everything in their path.People were still screaming and somewhere behind me, I could hear Aiden shouting my name.“ARIA!”But I couldn’t turn around, I couldn’t Orion was out there, I had seen him get swept away and I couldn’t just stand there.I ran straight into the water. “Orion!”A wave slammed into me, I stumbled but kept going.My eyes searched desperately through the water.Nothing. “ORION!”Another wave crashed over my head and I went under.The water was dark and blurry, I couldn’t see anything, I pushed myself upward, coughing.Then I saw something like a flash of black.“Orion!”I dove again.My hands searched through the water until my fingers caught something.His shirt, I grabbed it tightly and I pulled, his body was completely limp. “Orion!”I wrapped my arms
Orion’s POVI couldn’t sleep.And no it wasn’t because I was thinking about the fact that Aria had fallen asleep on my shoulder the night before.Except, of course, I thought about it anyway.I stared at the ceiling for a few seconds before groaning and sitting up.“Get a grip, Orion.”I dragged myself out of bed, showered, and changed into a simple white T-shirt and black shorts before heading downstairs.The smell of breakfast hit me before I even entered the dining room.Everyone was already there.Aiden was sitting beside Riley, who was taking pieces of bacon from his plate.“Hey!” Aiden complained.“You weren’t eating it.”“I was.”“You were talking.”“I can do both.”“No, apparently you can’t.”Noah laughed and Angel was sitting beside Aria, and Aria was quietly eating while scrolling through her phone.She looked up when I walked in, out eyes met for half a second, neither of us said anything first then she smiled. “Good morning.”“Morning.”I pulled out the chair across from h







