Orion’s POV:
Everything she said made a terrifying amount of sense.
I sat there, staring at Evangeline as her words echoed in my mind.
The weight of them settled heavy in my chest, sinking deep.
And from the look on Alexei’s face—not one of shock or denial, but grim, resigned acceptance —I knew. He’d already suspected this. Maybe deep down, he’d known all along.
So that was why he had come to us. To him, we were the lesser evil. We were trustworthy compared to Rossi.
The silence after her confession was suffocating, a dense cloud that wrapped around the room, tying us all together in mutual understanding—and mutual rage.
Zyon cleared his throat then, breaking the tension, bringing us all back into the moment.“We need to focus on next steps,” he said, sliding his phone into his jacke
