~MARS~
The guilt makes it hard to breathe.
The look on Athena’s face; blank and emotionless, haunts me.
My chest is heavy as if the weight of the world was suddenly tossed onto my chest.
And I would give everything to have it gone.
Listening to Athena hurt Lucien with her words, whether it was deliberate or not, it stung to listen to that.
And then that blank look on her face.
I would have been glad if she looked angry instead.
Hell, I would have been over the moon if she even looked disgusted, but for her to look so emotionless, was like thousands of needles slowly piercing my heart.
“It’s okay,” Lucien whispers, that fake smile still on his lips.
Maybe it was all in my head, but I can bet that there was just a slight quiver in his voice.
“Don’t do that.” I warn
“Don’t
