Love Unspoken

Swiftly, he swiveled his head, hastily brushing away his tears with his sleeve.

A sniff echoed in the silence as he attempted to mold his features into a semblance of a smile.

"I appreciate your kindness," he said, his voice strained with the effort to maintain composure. "However, I can't deny that I am the root cause of this catastrophe. I refuse to hide behind excuses."He paused, his tone light yet laced with a hint of

sarcasm.

"My father's sins are mine to bear as well. After all, he is my father." With a flick of his wrist, he tossed the lighter he held onto the ground.

Instantly, flames erupted, spreading voraciously in every direction. Within moments, the fire had consumed all the cages, transforming half of the base into a raging inferno.

The flames cast an eerie glow on their faces, the fiery tendrils leaping from the iron cages, performing a macabre dance in the wind. Thick plumes of smoke spiraled into the sky, seemingly carrying with them the spirits of those unjustly slain. The air was heavy with the scent of gasoline and the overpowering aroma of burning flesh. The searing heat emanating from the fire made Quinn feel feverish.

guided her into the base. They ascended

its rays harshly illuminating their faces. She tilted her head slightly, realizing that the sun's light was devoid of warmth, only glaringly bright.Below them, the fire raged on, and he watched it with an intense

seemed to be rebuffed. His focus remained on the inferno, his expression pensive

was lost in her thoughts, Orion's voice broke the silence. "I've been raising them for years, and my dad never found

sank in, the image of Alexander flashed in her mind, along with the look he had given her

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flutter with anxiety, and she lost the courage to meet Orion's gaze. If Alexander was the one orchestrating this event, then she was indirectly responsible for harming Orion and these innocent lives. Her fingers nervously fiddled with her sleeve, her gaze

gaze, succumbing to silence. She couldn't fathom why he refused to let her go, even after their

loss prevented her from remembering anything, a fact that filled

two hours, finally extinguishing as daylight broke and the sun's rays pierced through the clouds. All that remained of the inferno was a pile of ashes and the charred skeletons of the cages. Orion wordlessly

ground was a charred wasteland, and no matter how much they swept, they couldn't erase the evidence of the fire. These were the remnants of the pets,