Chapter 58

**Choosing Sides**

Athena Pov.

I took a deep breath, steadying myself as I prepared to teleport to Egnand. This weekend, I didn't have to worry about work, my parents, or racing back to my own realm at some ungodly hour. No obligations. Just time with Lucifer.

But as I arrived in Egnand, I realized something was very, very wrong.

The peaceful landscape was nowhere in sight. Instead, a full-fledged battle scene unfolded before me. I saw Azazel, cornered, grappling with what looked like glowing, golden ropes coiling around his arms, slowly pulling him down. Several angels in military uniforms, stern and unmoving, held those ropes, their eyes cold as they focused on restraining him.