New Allies

After Fiona ended the call with her father, she calmly dropped the phone onto the bedside table, the sudden silence of the room echoing the chaos in her mind.

Athena was still alive? She couldn't believe it. Morgan had never failed at anything before. If her father was right, this would be a first. But how could it be? It didn't make sense.

She darted a glance at her phone again. Worse, he wasn't picking up his calls! Was it because of the failure? Was he embarrassed to speak with her? Was he afraid she would cuss him out?

Well, he should be! A wave of fury washed over her. Fiona angrily picked up the phone and called the number for the umpteenth time, but it kept going to voicemail.

Frustrated, she threw the phone to the ground, where it shattered upon impact, glass flying across the floor like tiny pieces of her crumbling reality.