Orion
The ringtone hit me like a punch to the brain, dragging me out of sleep before I even knew what was happening.
I flinched and turned my head, only to get blinded by the bathroom light I'd forgotten to switch off.
I groaned, slammed my eyes shut, and muttered something that probably counted as a curse.
The phone kept ringing, loud and sharp, like it was trying to split my skull in half.
I reached out blindly, hand fumbling across the nightstand until I grabbed the cold, cracked screen.
I pressed it to my ear without checking the caller.
"Dude, where the hell are you?!"
Jakub's voice exploded through the speaker, half-drowned by pounding bass and shouting.
My brow furrowed as my brain tried to boot up. Then it hit me.
I snapped my eyes to the clock.
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