Orion: Shattered Bond - Chapter 10

Orion

That night, my phone buzzes, pulling me out of the quiet that settled in after my call with Nero and Aeron. I don’t recognize the number, but something in my gut tells me to answer.

“Yeah?” I growl, my voice low, not in the mood for whatever this is.

“Orion.”

The voice on the other end is shaky, barely recognizable. But I know it’s him. Zane.

I freeze, my grip on the phone tightening. “What the fuck do you want?”

There’s a pause, and I can hear Zane breathing heavily on the other end. “I need to see you,” he says, his voice almost cracking. “I need to tell you something.”

I laugh bitterly, already prepared to hang up. “Yeah, I don’t think so.”

“Please.” His voice breaks this time, raw and desperate. “I can’t go on like this. You need to know the truth, Orion.”

My finger hovers over the end call button, but something stops me. There’s something different in his voice. It’s not cocky or smug like it usually is. He sounds… broken.

“What truth?” I snap, hating how much he still gets