Chapter 323

• Athena dropped to the floor, stunned. She landed hard on her butt, but the sting on her cheek burned far more than the fall. She had been slapped in front of everyone. And worse, she had failed to give any kind of response to Persis’s final words.
• Now, the truth was out. Everyone knew she had been part of it.
• Her pride was shattered. Her confidence? Gone. All she had left was the echo of that slap and the weight of dozens of judgmental stares.