Chapter 39

Athena’s POV My heart broke for Axel, his father had made the heart wrenching decision to end his own life in the hopes of taking his mate with him forcing the bond she created between their son and Vanessa to break; only he failed. Once marked the high priestess should have felt pain so excruciating as the bond between herself and her mate snapped that it should have killed her, but she hadn’t even flinched. She didn’t love her mate if she had she would have at least shed a tear but nothing. No emotion towards her husband nor to her son as he cradled his father’s motionless body. She didn’t remotely try to comfort him, no instead she smirked. She smirked as if what she had just witnessed pleased her. Axel now forced to watch the light fade from his father’s eyes whilst his mother stands there without a care in the world. His death was supposed to free Axel but now he had died for nothing. I fell to Axels side my hands cupping his face forcing him to look at me. I needed him to know he