I had to admit that I was startled by the abrupt manner in which Athena had chosen to leave, and in all honesty, there was a part of me that wanted to follow her and make sure that she was not as upset with me as she seemed to be. I did not think that I would fair very well if that was the case. After all, she had literally told me to leave her alone.
What was I supposed to do?
I shook my head and started to pace my room, finding that there was not enough distance between the walls to allow myself to properly process what I was supposed to do from here. I had already shut the door on Hades – and I didn’t think that he was done dealing with the people on the outside. And Athena had now chosen to separate herself from me and my drama for an indefinite amount of time.
And suddenly, I fel
