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.

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

had set off another pandemic; even the higher security details of the country, apart from the local police, were involved, seeing as she was a national

to the darkness. Remember the twins are waiting for you. You still have patients waiting too.

to the enticing darkness, opened her eyes. "I won’t die," She

She could hear, as if from a far distance, his phone beeping at intervals, and knew

"The first tree in the bushes," He had typed before sending a message to Ewan: "I have found her, big man.

soft smile touched his lips as he rested his head on the tree, absolutely

worried voices later. He looked down at Athena. Her eyes were still open, focused on a 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 focus on

here..."

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

note of the security detail

When did you disappear from my sight? How did you know where to find her?" Sandro

Zane pursed his lips, seeing dead bodies here and there. The gang had

go look for her. He told me to follow the blood trail. I had to obey. Sorry about leaving you in the midst of

giving the big gun in his hand to one of the security men

as they broke out of the bush confines, seeing the citizens that had crowded around the area with their phones

okay?" came the

a cheering began, and people even hugged

just get worse from here on out, especially with the public involved." Zane continued, entering the car that had brought him and Sandro to the junction, watching as the stretcher was lifted

that the eyes of the government of other nations are on her. Our nation too. As

tiredly. He knew, and he believed it would only make things worse—more casualties,

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