173. LORENZO
Since I first saw Athena, I knew she was special because my heart was drawn to her but I didn't know how or why. All I knew was that I wanted to be with her and I had to make her mine.
I stared at the angel before me, the woman who had just shifted back into her human form. My eyes refused to move past her face—ethereal, breathtaking, unlike anything I had ever seen.
Athena was a goddess.
The name barely settled in my mind, tangled with the revelation I was still struggling to process. The words the woman had spoken just moments ago echoed in my head, but my usually sharp mind was sluggish today, failing to piece everything together as quickly as it should have.
How could anyone, someone like Marissa, claim to be my true mate when Athena and I had such a bond? This was th
