Chapter 81

** Unraveling Threads**

After the strange encounter on the street, Athena couldn't shake the lingering energy of what she'd witnessed. She barely slept, her mind racing with images of Lucifer and the strange power that surrounded him, with the hooded figure's words echoing in her mind: *"This choice may bring consequences you are not ready to face."*

By morning, Athena felt exhausted but resolute. She needed answers—more than she had ever before. A part of her warned to back away, to return to the life she knew before this man had appeared in her world, but something in her heart refused to let go.