Chapter 145

Athena

I turned to Kiara, Leah, Cara, and Maya, who were all standing together near the kitchen.

"I don't know how to thank you," I said, my voice breaking slightly. "You saved our lives last night, you came when we needed you most and I'll never forget that."

"We've spoken about this countless times Ath, we're glad we could help," Leah said, coming over to hug me. "You're important to me, to all of us, we weren't going to let anything happen to you if we could prevent it."

"Still," I said. "If there's ever anything I can do for any of you, anything at all, please let...