Athena

The forest was eerily quiet. After the chaos of the battlefield, the air seemed suspended in anticipation, as if the world itself was holding its breath for what was to come. I tightened my grip on my weapons, my heart hammering, not just from exhaustion but from the knowledge that Gian and I were about to face the ultimate confrontation—the one that would determine everything.

Beauty stood beside me, calm and resolute, as always. Her presence was a steady anchor in the storm that ...