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Chapter 42 — What Maddox Said

Author: AuroraDreamer
last update publish date: 2026-04-26 01:07:49

Orion POV

I do not tell him right away. That is the first mistake, or perhaps it is a choice. I tell myself I am giving him one more day of quiet. I want one more morning when the only thing between us is what we choose, not what is coming.

But the truth does not wait. It sits with me through practice, through meetings, and through the long stretch of hours where I watch him move across the ice as if nothing is wrong. He acts as if nothing is about to break. The longer I hold the secret, the he
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