Chapter 98

Athena's POV

The first thing I felt was the cold, not the kind that comes from a breeze but the kind that crawls into your bones and settles there like it belongs.

My head throbbed with each heartbeat and my throat burned like I'd been screaming for hours, though I couldn't remember making a sound. My entire body felt heavy and sluggish, like someone had filled my veins with concrete instead of blood.

Panic kicked in instantly because nothing about this felt right and ...