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"Get me a dress quick," Athena tells Cynthia as they make their way out of the hotel. "I hate this dress" she mutters in disgust. She does not know for what reason she hates the dress. The color or the one who gets her this dress?

It was bold of Vincent to even dare to ask her about her number Or even want more from her. If this happened in her country, he would have been in the mansion prison.

"It will be there in the jet, my lady" Cynthia responds and opens the car door for her. Cynthia has nothing to do with Athena's private life and she never asks her about it.

[ Both the ladies go to the private land zone where her private jet is waiting for her. ]

"My lady, here is the dress" Cynthia hands her a black blazer dress to Athena. Cynthia knows very well about her preference, her likes, and dislikes. She has spent almost thirteen years with her and it is enough for her to know about Athena's preferences.

"Thank you, love," she says with a relieved smile and goes to change in the washroom.

Coming out after changing into the dress, she hands over the halter dress which Vincent gave to Cynthia and tells her to burn it or throw it away. "It feels much better now" she mumbles, closing her eyes and resting her head leaning back to the seat.

The jet takes off and sets for Arcillia.

"Tell me my schedule," Athena asks keeping her eyes closed.

"A meeting at 11 with the CEO of Rowana Corp. And Santos reported that he found something about Cario" Cynthia reports.

She isn't surprised at the mention of Cario because she gets this news every time and later she comes back to where she started.

"What about it?" she asks.

"He said he will inform you as soon as you land on Arcillia," Cynthia tells facing her. After a moment Cynthia asks, "My lady, would you like some wine?"

Athena shakes her head, "Not now. My hangover isn't cured yet."

"I shall fetch you medicine."

"No need, my love. It's not the first time" Athena assures her by opening her eyes and looking at her with a smile.

She changes the topic and asks about the situation of Hayden Poirier.

"He is still in jail. As per your orders, no one bailed him yet. And the shares are safely transferred to the Chairman."

"Good. That dog deserves to be in the prison" Athena lets her thought out.

After a while, Athena falls asleep and Cynthia busies herself with work even though she has already done it. Some might wonder what is to Athena?

She has spent the last thirteen years with Athena and one of the major reasons she sticks to her like a shadow is that she owed her. When she was in her worst period, Athena lend her hand and gave her life. Before meeting Athena, Cynthia used to be a slave. During the slave auction, eleven years old Athena brought her requesting to her grandfather who was the leader of the clan at that time.

From that day onwards, she swore to protect Athena, her master with her life. She tries every day to make herself better and be efficient to Athena.

She turns her head finding Athena deep in sleep. Her lips are closed and her head is slightly inclined towards her left. She gets up and goes to draw the curtains together to let her sleep without any disturbance.

Athena mumbles something to which Cynthia smiles. Done with settling, she comes back to her seat and continues her work.

**

The gates when the guards notice the car coming in. The driver stops the car and steps out to open the door for Athena. With her sunglasses on, she steps out of the car and smiles finally relieved to be back in Arcillia.

"My lady" Cynthia calls and they head inside the Followhill Mansion.

Leo, her dog comes running towards her and wiggles his tail. He missed her and now he is happy to see her.

She grins and pets his head. "Missed me, my boy?" she asks with care.

"Welcome back, My lady" Santos comes and bows politely.

She nods. "Sir and Madame are waiting for you" he informs.

"I will go," she tells, and giving one last look to Leo, she walks towards her left, takes the staircase, and takes her right. Cynthia walks behind her, following her like a shadow.

On reaching her parent's room, she knocks on the door. A minute later, her Dad opens the door. Seeing her he is satisfied she is back and safe.

"How are you Dad?" she asks and gives me a mild hug.

"Good."

She turns her eyes to her father's back seeing her Mom expectantly waiting for her. "Amora, come to me" she calls her daughter dearly.

Athena's heart always swells whenever her Mom calls her with her birth name. She approaches her Mom and bends on her knees. She smiles and gives a kiss on her forehead.

Her Mom's hand reaches to hold hers and hugs her. "Everything went well?" she asks.

"Yes, Mom. Everything went greatly" she tells her. She guides her Mom's hand on her head and she gently pats her.

"You must be hungry. I shall ask the cook to serve you."

"You have a rest. I have some matters at the company. And don't worry, I will eat" Athena smiles, assuring her.

"I just woke up from a nap" her Mom whines.

"But Mom, the doctor said you need to give the most rest to your eyes" Athena coos and helps her Mom to settle on the bed.

"Our daughter is right, dear" her Dad agrees, worried for her wife. Ever since Petra, her Mom lost her eyesight two years ago, they both have been worried about her. Her Dad is always with her and this is why Athena has to control both the branches by herself.

"I gotta go now" Athena gets on her feet and comes out of the room where Cynthia is waiting outside.

"Santos has something to tell you, my Lady" she informs.

"Let's head to the Main Hall."

The Main Hall is where all the decisions are made. It is more like a Hell's place where she is the decision-maker. More like Hades.

Santos and Leo are already at the Main Hall along with other few of her guards.

The black and red throne awaits for her as if calling her to sit. She, with modesty, walks up to the throne and sits with her legs crossed. There isn't any difference left between her and a regal Queen.

She waves towards Santos gesturing for him to speak up about the information.

"From our searches, Cario is rumored to see in the Western part of Arcillia on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the location was still the same. But on Thursday, his location showed out of Arcillia."

Her left cheek rests on her curled-up palm. The information he gave doesn't amuse her or give her any hope to find him. "Rumoured? So it's not even confirmed where he is, yes?" she asks, keeping her tone neutral.

"We failed to track him. He has modified his security it seems" Santos says, his downcast on the checked marble floor.

"What else?" she asks impatiently. She has already told them not to say anything until and unless they are sure of it.

"We tried digging out as much information as we can and there's something we came to know. He has a son" Santos informs, his face an expressionless canvas.

Athena raises her left eyebrow, quite surprised to know. "A son?... Interesting. I thought he never married."

"It is still unclear that if the son is his legitimate son or not. Because there hasn't been any news of him getting married."

As much as she knows him, just by papers and by what her grandfather used to tell her she can very well assume he is not the man to have a romantic heart. He is ruthless cunning and extremely witty. After her grandfather's funeral, she swore to kill Cario with her own hands. But when she went to his clan with her force, he has already escaped. She searched every region of Arcillia but she couldn't find him. How can a man disappear suddenly?

From then on, the hunt for Cario is bloodthirsty. She cannot rest with peace until she kills Cario and takes revenge on her grandfather.

"Any thought where this son might be?" she asks.

"We are still working on that. Cario is smart. He devised such powerful security on him that getting anything about him is hard" Santos tells his thoughts.

"What are the IP department people doing? They have the best of the best machines to work and then they cannot find any information?" she frustrates, her eyebrows knitting together.

Santos has nothing to say. He is trying yet the task seemed to be impossible. "Tell them to catch something or else, I will have to take strict actions" she warns snd that was the end of the meeting.

"Yes, my Lady."

She rises from her throne and makes her way out of the Main Hall and towards the front door. "Got everything ready?" she asks, putting back her sunglasses.

Cynthia responds, "Yes, I have. My Lady. "

Just as she going to step inside the car, a lady guard comes holding an envelope in her hand. She passes it to Athena saying, "My Lady, someone said to give it to you. It's urgent, they said. "

Athena frowns. She takes the envelope and opens it. She moves her glasses up to her head and reads in her mind what is written on them.

DEAR LEADER OF VALERIAN CLAN,

I GOT THE NEWS OF YOU DESPERATELY FINDING CARIO. WELL, I SEEM TO HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE CARIO IS, MEET ME AT THE ADDRESS WRITTEN BACK.

T.

She turns the paper and finds the address written faintly on its back. "Xcruz Hotel. Near Quinn Resort, East Arcillia."

"My Lady, who could it be? It must be fake" Cynthia says skeptically.

"We cannot predict that. Dig out information regarding this hotel first" Athena tells her and gets inside the car. Whoever this is, they must want something in return from her. Or they might have ulterior motives behind this.