46. Athena
Everyone stood up immediately the announcement was made and hushed down.
The whole hall was cloaked in silence, a thick, stifling weight of it that hung in the air as Lorenzo and his entourage entered, each of his steps commanding reverence and everyone bowed.
Every warrior present straightened again, their movements a clear show of respect, no one daring to break the stillness that had descended with his arrival.
I could see the amount of respect they accorded to him and I loved it. This was the man I had come to rely on and be fond of and I was now determined not to let him down. Looking at him and the way they respected and feared him in equal measure, I could now understand why every woman wanted him for herself but I had been the chosen one.
No matter how I thought a
