Colossal is coming

His pupils were pins flicking between her eyes with an intensity she hadn’t seen even when they sparred. She sensed that they were both poised on the precipice of something—that he was waiting for her. Had been waiting for her.

“…I don’t know why I want this,” she exhaled the admission in a rushed whisper.

Orion reached up to cradle her jaw with an enveloping hand. His palm shifted, the grip intensifying into a firm vice. He bent to her ear: “It's because we’re the same, Kaia.”