Chapter 194: Rescued Again

Zane was still surprised that he had actually found Athena. He remained unmoving, even after Athena called his name tentatively, making her think that she was hallucinating.

He watched her shake her head slowly as if to shake him out of her vision, watched her lift her eyes again to him, brow furrowing, most likely wondering what he was doing in front of her as an illusion.

"Why am I seeing you then?" He heard her mutter intermittently, as she rested her head on the tree and closed her eyes, finally giving up on shaking him away, while her hand tightened on the gun.

It was then that he snapped out of his haze, and took a good look at her. She was looking bloodied, from head to toe, like she had swum in blood. Was all that blood hers? He wondered, stepping closer to her.

As his boot scrunched the crawling vegetation, Athena’s eyes flew open, and she pointed the gun at him.

Zane instantly threw his hands up out of habit. "Athena, it’s me, Zane. I am sorry I didn’t speak at first; I was just too shocked," He spoke out hurriedly, seeing the expert way Athena held the gun.

Athena furrowed her eyebrows, ignoring the headache pumping her head. "Zane? You are real?"

Zane nodded and slowly knelt in front of her. "It’s me, really."

Athena stretched her bloodied hand and tapped him on the cheek. When she was assured of its soft matter, she dropped the gun by her side, sighing heavily. "How are you here? Where is Aiden?"

Zane pointed at the vegetation in front of her, needing to keep her active as he could see her voice tiring out, and her eyes drooping shut at intervals. He couldn’t have her dying.

He had made that promise with Sandro to Ewan; it had been the only way to keep him from zooming out of the house to the location of the accident when some netizens had uploaded the video file, which had depicted some masked fellows shooting, some feet away from the car.

It had taken the black scorpion tattoos on the hands of the masked men as they raised their hands and shot the guns into the air to inform the netizens that the masked men were members of the Black Scorpions gang.

dare provoke the gang in such a way that they would be

the higher security details of the country, apart from the local police, were involved, seeing as she was a national treasure, considering the level of evidence that Aiden

head and resting it on his thighs. "Everything is fine now. Only don’t shut your eyes to the darkness. Remember the twins are waiting

enticing darkness, opened her eyes.

his phone beeping at intervals, and knew he was communicating with the others to come and pick them—to be on the safe side.

sending a message to Ewan: "I have found her, big man. You can rest

you, Zane." He got a reply from Ewan immediately. A soft smile touched his lips as he rested his head on the tree, absolutely

grass with pink and yellow coloring, as if studying it. But from experience, he knew that this was the only way she could keep away from the darkness—to keep

here..." He finally

Sandro appeared in front of him, breathing harshly. Zane willingly surrendered Athena to Aiden, who carried her gently in his arms and nodded

the security detail

hell, man! When did you disappear from my sight? How did you know

there. The gang had clearly anticipated a face-off; why else would they send

to follow the blood trail. I had to

gun in his hand to one of the security men behind him. "So long as

citizens that had crowded around the area with their phones raised, their

she okay?" came the echoes around the

nodded, before placing Athena on the stretcher, a cheering began, and people

with the public involved." Zane continued, entering the car that had brought him

agreed. "This is far from over. Knowing Athena, she won’t be pleased with the amount of security detail that will be following her from henceforth. Ewan mentioned that the eyes of the government of other nations are on her. Our nation too. As a matter of fact,

it would only make things worse—more casualties,

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