Chapter 345: Mole? II

It took a minute for the truth to sink into Athena’s information processing brain cells.

And when it did, her face underwent varied transformations—from eyes widening partly in shock to jaws slackening in disbelief; then to eyes shutting as rage swallowed her up, to jaws firming, to furrows marring her forehead, which informed the observant group that she was thinking on how this matter had occurred.

Who had done it? And when? How could she be ignorant of a machine inside her body?

Her fists balled, nostrils flared next, and teeth grinding followed the cue.

Who? When? She asked again and again, her mind wheels spinning at an exponential rate. Who would dare to...

She stopped when an answer clocked into her mind. And when she opened her eyes, rage far from being distilled out, the people knew that they were about to get the second piece of the puzzle—that the second phase of the mission was about to begin.

"Who are the tyrants?" Ewan gritted out, voice heavy and gruff.

"The twins," Athena replied simply, astonished at the simplicity of it, at her carelessness again.

She didn’t trust the twins, and yet she hadn’t thought to check her body after they had operated on her. But that was only because Finn had assured her that the surgery had been done under strict supervision.

However, Finn was Heron.

Athena chuckled. Then laughed. Again and again, until it became a boisterous one, one that had her holding her belly.

"Now it all makes sense. Those idiots..."

confused all the more. What was she talking about? Which twins was she referring

tension any more. "When you say twins and

doctors you had rushed down to the country to take care of me after the accident that had almost claimed

over, to think he had played an indirect role in this. He opened his mouth to explain himself, past the budding headaches that pested his brain, and the pain assaulting his back, but Athena raised

know you made them come solely to make me live. And I appreciate that. But

A pause.

manipulated Herbert to let them stay and continue to perpetrate their

laughed again. "Men and brethren, we have found the producers of the Grey virus. If we can nab them, I

her head at the simplicity of it all. "I have to say they are very smart. It explains why they had us back at the hideout, how they seemed to tow head to head with us. How..."

you remember?" Ewan called out, hurrying after

people were for her. She

We have been there recently, yesterday as a matter of fact.

research was in the danger of being compromised. If he was to take a guess, he would say this was the

the car now! I’m driving!" He shouted, pointing at one of

as the men moved into motion as if being switched on by a

to their earlier designated locations, while others followed

now?" Florence asked five minutes into the speedy drive. She was sitting with her husband at the back seat of the car, in the company

replied. "We will need evidence. Whoever is backing them has ties in the government... it won’t

A pause.

is a national criminal, while the twins are doctors. A hard story to sell to the public would be that the doctors responsible for treating them, were also behind the production of the grey virus. We need evidence. Hard

doubt we will get

have access

and looked at Ewan, whose grip on the steering wheel was

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