Chapter 23

ORION

What was I doing here?

I had never felt unsure of any of my life choices or decisions before until I walked into that hospital room, I didn’t know what it was perhaps something in the air or the deadly tense silence that was present in the room but something just felt off and I felt out of place. Ciara turned to see me and was shocked, I could tell from her face because she didn’t try to hide it, not that she could have even if she wanted to. I didn’t even know what had pushed me to come in the first place.

Mama Grace was a bit too polite and only made me feel welcomed out of respect for my Alpha position and the fact that she had known me since I was in my teens when Sophie and I were closer. Perhaps that was what had driven me to come; my love for her had prompted me to look out for her own. She loved her Grandfather dearly and would be disheartened to find that he wasn’t in perfect health. She would be more disappointed to find that I didn’t do some