Chapter 304: Revelations II
Ewan was right; the local restaurant’s special was spicy. But, in the face of the bombshell he had dropped mere minutes ago, the spicy flavor was almost lost on Athena’s tongue, albeit a good distraction.
She had chosen to say nothing, as the attendant had cut in with a tray of steaming dishes before she could croak out a response, deciding to push her fraying nerves to the side and indulge in the spicy sweetness—these foods were best consumed while hot!
However, as she ate, inhaling and exhaling intermittently, her mind was still besotted with Ewan’s revelation, rather than on the possible ingredients that contributed to such a wonderful ’special.’
Another reason she had chosen to eat first was partly because she was just hungry, and secondly because she needed to be calm, to think, to sort through her thoughts, and not act like a misguided banshee as she had done earlier when Ewan declared his code name.
Wolfsbane.
Athena still couldn’t believe both her eyes and ears. Wolfsbane was sitting right before her. Who could have thought? Who could have believed?
Was Fiona aware of this all along? Alfonso too? She didn’t think so. If Fiona had known beforehand, she wouldn’t have sidled up to Morgan in the first place. It only left room for the notion that Connor had spilled everything to the dying woman.
Athena willfully ignored the imagery of Fiona that floated past her mind, focusing instead on Ewan, even though her head was bowed over her plate as she ate.
Wolfsbane.
She had first heard the name nine years ago, before her marriage to Ewan.
At twenty years old, she was the youngest lecturer at one of the most prestigious private universities, even though no one had known her identity because she had both attended and taught college from home.