Chapter 587: A Moment Before the Storm
The snow fell in a steady hush, blanketing the compound in a quiet that felt almost deceptive.
Orion and Ronan walked side by side, their boots pressing into the fresh layer beneath them, the faint crunch of each step the only sound between them for a while.
It wasn't an uncomfortable silence.
Just one filled with too many thoughts.
Too many threads.
Too many things waiting to unravel.
Ronan was the one who eventually broke it.
"That boy," he said, glancing slightly at Orion. "Tarin."
Orion tilted his head faintly. "What about him?"
Ronan huffed lightly, though there was no irritation in it.
"He asked about Sophia," he said. "He wanted to know if he could see her."
Orion's expression softened almost immediately.
A faint smile touched his lips.
"I'll tell her," he said. "She'd like that."
Ronan nodded.
"I figured as much."
They walked a few more steps before Orion spoke again.
"There's something else," he said.
