Alpha Orion
The closer she got, the stronger the metallic scent became–silver mixed with some toxin she was unfamiliar with; it made her stomach turn.
She reached for his arm, and the moment her fingers brushed his skin, a spark erupted under her touch—like lightning searing through her veins.
Orion's head jerked up. His eyes, though clouded with pain and delirium from whatever her father had injected him with, locked on hers. The growl that tore from his throat was low, instinctive... and alive.
"It's me," she whispered, voice shaking. "It's Rey."
He blinked slowly, confusion flickering across his face as if the world wasn't entirely real to him. But the bond, those unmistakable sparks, told him the tr