My phone shot an electrical shock through my hand, and I jumped. I wasn’t sure I would ever get used to being human. I placed the phone against my ear without hitting any buttons. The phone rang when I had a call from the office or another human. This call was more from above, shall we say.

I didn’t speak a word because I was still angry from my talk with Athena. How could she hold out hope for someone like Olivia? Someone who was going to murder a man sooner rather than ...