Alpha Orion
she whispered, her voice trembling—not from weakness, but from everything she’d held in too long.
"You're ok," she murmured, trying to hold back a sob.
Orion let out a low, rumbling purr, nudging his snout into the crook of her neck and shoulder in an effort to soothe her. She buried her face against him for a single heartbeat, letting herself breathe him in.
But the moment was caught short when a shadow leapt at them.
Rey rolled away instantly, dodging his attack by mere centimetres before pulling out a dagger from the holster strapped to her thigh. She swung it with ruthless precision.