Chapter 6: Her Return

Six Years Later.

Athena inhaled deeply, calming her fraying nerves whilst sitting in the limousine her friend had hired for her.

In her hands were the ticket to the party, which he had pleaded with her for months to attend, the party that would herald her return to the world where she had been exiled from.

She had thought she was done with that part of the universe until she had met Zane...

"Ma'am, we are here."

Her driver reminded her.

It's been more than five minutes, she thought, looking at the slim watch on her slender wrist.

It's been more than five minutes since she has been here, resetting her mind, and preparing it to take, in a cool stride, whatever she would see in this party.

"I'm aware, sir. Just give me a few more, please."

Her phone dinged right at that moment, preventing her from hearing the driver's dissatisfied grunt.

Quickly she swiped it open, her breath held in suspension, as she perused the content of the message. It was just payment from a client for a successful treatment.

Wheew!

She exhaled harshly, splaying her right hand on her chest.

She didn't want any interruption of any kind, not even from her favorite people. Especially them.

Her eyes, for the third time, found the hall, which had been picked for the event. It was huge and extraordinarily beautiful, big enough to contain a lot of people.

She wondered if she would see familiar faces here, if they would even remember her.

was tougher than she had been then, she would have appreciated a quiet evening with no familiar faces. But the celebrant was a popular one; her

impatience. And so, with a final inhalation of calmness, she thanked him for the ride and stepped out of

they knew who she was, if they knew what her role

handsome suited male in his late twenties—she made the guess—approaching

Caddel, please

relief, following the male immediately. Her friend

new man took her past the standing queue of finely dressed men and women, who were waiting to be scanned by the hefty man in front, to

pass as a bouncer, exchanged glances with her escort, probably wondering why the latter was displaying such favoritism in

"It's Dr. Caddell..."

was a pique of his eyebrows, before he turned

feet on the ground, counting until the moment when

the people in the queue. They were wondering why she was taken past them; they were wondering if she was more important than the most elite of the

didn't know who

became short lived, when

"Athena?"

been six years, but Athena would never forget the voice of the lady that had been the source of

demeanor, and swiveled gracefully; there wasn't an indication on her face that

awe, not believing what her eyes were seeing,

in excitement, when she saw the

awe was displaced, and

as Fiona cackled in derision, attracting the attention of

here,

Yet Athena remained silent.

wasn't forthcoming with any more speeches—for the latter was unable to get rid of the shock of seeing a curvy Athena—she turned around,

"Can we leave?"

snide dismissal, caused Fiona to see red, to grit her teeth in anger. Without stopping to

then, seeing the harsh treatment melted on the VIP his master had told him to take care of, but Athena stopped him with a wave of her hand.

who you are, but are you sure you can cover the

well. She bit her

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