SAPPHIRE'S POV
I feel him before I see him, Orion sits beside me silently as if scared to ruin the silence this sanctuary offered.
"Orion?" I lean my head on his broad shoulder and let everything sink in. The gravity of the situation rests on my shoulders and I could feel myself shrink more and more to the pressures that this new life gives. To think I've only just stepped into the palace.
"I know, Sapphire." Orion breathes out, puts his arm around my shoulder and pulls me on his lap. He carefully entangles his fingers through mine and bring our hands to his lips resulting in an assault of butterflies appear on my stomach.
"You're not alone in this." I nod silently knowing he feels what I did. If anything, he was the only living being who can understand me.
"Should we go back?" I ask
