MasukOrion’s POVI stared into the trees and nothing moved, I slowly stepped in front of Aria. “Stay behind me.”She immediately grabbed my arm “What was that?”“I don’t know.”“Could it be an animal?”“Maybe.”She tightened her grip. “That isn’t reassuring.”“I wasn’t trying to reassure you.”She gave me an annoyed look, I scanned the trees again and saw nothing.“Maybe it was just a branch,” I said.Aria frowned. “You don’t believe that.”“No.”“Great.”I looked at her. “Come on.”“Where?”“Back to the house.”She nodded and neither of us spoke as we walked.I kept looking over my shoulder, every few seconds, I stopped and listened.Eventually, the little wooden house came into view.I let out a breath and Aria hurried inside, I stayed outside for another moment, studying the forest.Something had moved, I knew it but whether it was an animal or something else, I couldn’t tell.I finally stepped inside.“You’re sure we’re safe here?” she asked.I sat opposite her. “No.”Her eyes widened
Aiden’s POVLily was speaking with one of the officers “They found a body.” Andrew said and it felt like everything inside me froz.“A body?” I repeated and Andrew nodded.“It was found farther down the coastline.”My stomach twisted. “No.”“We don’t know who it is yet.”“Where is it located, we need to go and confirm if it belongs to any of them”Andrew gave me the location. “I’ll take us there.”Lily immediately stepped forward. “I’m coming too.”I quickly texted Noah and Riley, my phone was blowing up with notifications immediately I told them.The drive felt endless and nobody spoke much.I stared out the window, my mind kept creating images I didn’t want to see.Aria and Orion, my sister and my best friend were missing, I couldn’t lose them.I couldn’t.When we finally arrived at thre station , the commander met us.“I need you to understand something,” he said carefully. “We haven’t confirmed the identity.”I nodded. “Let’s just see.”Andrew placed a hand on my shoulder.“We’re
Aria’s POV“Are you sure you’re okay?” he asked again.I nodded. “Yes im totally fine”“Nothing hurts?”“Nope.”He stared at me for another second and then he slowly let go, my feet touched the ground gently “There.”I straightened my clothes. “Thank you.”“You’re welcome.”He looked up at the tree and then at me.“You’re not climbing anything else.”I rolled my eyes. “ Ha ha i wasn’t planning to.”“You were literally climbing a tree thirty seconds ago.”“That was different.”“How?”“I wanted to get some fruits.”He sighed. “You’re so helpful.”I rolled my eyes at him and bent down and picked up the fruits that had fallen during my little adventure.“Come on.”“Where are we going?”“To wash them.”We found a small stream not too far from the house, the water was clear enough to see the stones underneath, I crouched beside it and washed the fruits carefully.Orion sat nearby, he was still moving carefully because of his injuries and we didn’t have any painkillers here, I couldn’t imag
Aria’s POVI woke up to the sound of birds chirping so loudly and happily, for a few seconds, I didn’t remember where I was.I stared at the wooden ceiling above me, blinking slowly then everything came rushing back and I groaned, I ahd convinced myself everything was as just a bad dream.I immediately turned my head toward the other side of the room, it was empty.My heart jumped. “Orion?”No answer, I sat up quickly and the blanket fell from my shoulders.“Orion?”Still nothing, I looked around the room and the little wooden chair was empty.The cup of water we’d been using was still on the table, the fire had burned down to a few glowing pieces of wood.But Orion was gone, panic immediately started rising in my chest.“No, no, no…”I jumped out of bed.Maybe he had gone outside and he had just gone to look around, I rushed toward the door and pushed it open.Sunlight hit my face and I squinted.The island looked completely different in daylight.Yesterday, everything had been da
Aiden’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







