Love Unspoken

Quinn moved to stand beside him, her gaze falling upon William. The man before her was a stranger in her eyes. She bent down, offering a hand to help Orion rise from the cold ground. However, Orion rejected her assistance, pushing her hand away as he hoisted himself up.

His eyes, aflame with anger and resentment, bore into William."Did you slaughter all the animals I cared for?" he demanded."They were mere animals," William retorted, his tone icy. "Would you sever ties with your own father over a few animals?"

Orion's fists clenched, his chest rising and falling with the force of his suppressed rage.Observing his son's reaction, William sneered, "Look at you. I've raised you all these years, and you've chosen to squander your time on such an indecent occupation, tending to these animals. If word were to get out, it would be a disgrace."

"Enough!" Orion's voice rang out, shaking with either fury or sorrow. "What, in your eyes, constitutes a decent job? Is it sleeping around with different women? Is that what you consider decent?"

son, his face a mask of rage. "Where did you pick

you have any idea how many lives were here?" Orion's voice grew increasingly strained as he spoke, his mind filled with images of the lovable creatures that once wagged their tails and frolicked around

compassionate? If so, why

on about life for? You're not even focused on your work!"Orion fell silent, his father's

To some extent, his father was right."What's wrong? Lost your tongue? Where's your love? Your compassion? Go on, kill me. Avenge your precious cats and dogs!" Orion's chest heaved as he stared at his father, unable to form a single word. The night was filled with the howling of the cold wind, its chilling silence spreading, unbroken.Quinn's fingers clenched, the oppressive quietness too much to bear. The standoff continued, neither party willing to concede defeat.Orion suddenly laughed. "So, as long as I don't bend to your will, everything I do is considered idling around?""Exactly! I won't allow my son to waste his life on these animals!" Orion's lips twisted into a sneer, but he remained silent.He realized that no matter what he said, it would be in vain. No matter how much he argued, those animals would never return.William, too, seemed to lose interest in the argument, casting a cold glance at Orion before departing with his men.Before he left, he issued a final warning, "Reflect on your actions. I didn't raise you to waste your time adopting strays. Let me be

from collapsing.Orion's fingers tightened, the knuckles cracking under the strain. He turned his back to William, his voice barely above a whisper,