Chapter 376

Alpha Gideon Pov

The fluorescent lights of the mall seemed to hum with a sudden, oppressive intensity, vibrating against my skull as the realization set in. Orion was gone.

One moment he was there, fidgeting with a plastic toy on the shelf, his small face scrunched in concentration. Next, the space beside me was a hollow void, swallowed by the sea of Saturday shoppers.

"Orion?” I called out. My vo