Chapter 99
Thalia
I didn't know where Athena had taken me. The surroundings were silent after Brianna's confession. I was the one who couldn't move. It was like my chest was being squeezed by the pain of emotions I couldn't explain—not just anger, but a kind of pain that seemed to come from the roots of my being.
I didn't need to look around to feel the coldness of the wind, the weight of the truth that had just been revealed. I was the one chosen. I was the one who lived. But in exchange... was a life that never reached this world.
Brianna's child. My sibling.
I sat down on the root of a nearby tree. I touched my stomach, which was slightly protruding. Inside it, there was new life. Two innocent souls who knew nothing about the curse, anger, or secrets that were being forced to be fo
