NESSE’S POVI knew that I would absolutely hate staying at home to work, but I didn’t realize that I would hate it this much.“I am bored out of my mind,” I said to myself with annoyance even though I had been trying to get some work done.My eyes went to my stomach, which I stared at again this morning, and I felt rage bubbling inside of me. I also felt confusion and worry in my chest, and these were things I really hated to feel. Maybe if I was busy at work, I wouldn’t have had to think about Iron, and Athena, and this disease that was growing inside of me.For the entire day, I almost drove myself crazy with these thoughts.No matter how I tried to concentrate with work, it just wasn’t working, and by the time I realized that it was late in the evening, it just felt like I had spent the entire day trying to go insane. Again, I got some work done, but it was nothing to compared to being at my company and actually working there.I jerked in alert when something that I didn’t think a

NESSE’S POVI had been waiting for over fifteen minutes before Iron showed up, and right before he did, I had been thinking of how to get into the Organization.“Get the gun away from me,” Iron said.“Don’t think I cannot blow your brains out, Iron,” I warned him, and he knew that I meant it.I had never had to kill anyone before, but I wouldn’t mind starting from my ex-husband who had been spying on me for a while now.My only worry was that since I already knew that he wasn’t as human as I was, I couldn’t tell if a bullet could penetrate his head. However, he would never know that I was thinking of that. Iron would never know that I had that worry.And I was willing to give it a try if he pushed me.“Like I said, I have questions, Iron, and I am not leaving until I get answers,” I declared.“And if I don’t have the answers?” Iron asked.He didn’t seem perturbed that I had a gun to his head. Again, did that mean that it was because a bullet couldn’t penetrate his body, or was he just

IRON’S POVI got into the Organization with the intention to get to my chamber and have my hand bandaged with something.The fluid would have to stop coming out, and I would be healed in a short while; it wasn’t a deep cut, so I had nothing to worry about.“Damn, Nesse,” I muttered to myself. “I wonder what I will ever do with you,” I said to myself.I stopped when I got to my chamber.Athena and Blake were waiting for me, and I wasn’t sure I was comfortable with the look on their faces.“Please, don’t tell me that another Titan has been attacked and killed by this enemy,” I said, already dejected.That would make me feel worse than I was already feeling.“Nothing of that sort happened, Lord Dante,” Blake answered, much to my relief.Athena noticed my hand and hurried to me.“What happened to you?” She asked worriedly.Since she was close, I decided to whisper to her.“You have ruined the entire plan,” I said through clenched teeth, and she could tell that I was infuriated at her.The

IRON’S POV“What is she?” I asked deeply.“Half-Titan,” Athena confessed.“I trusted you, Athena,” I said sourly.And I recalled that when Belle arrived, something had been off about her, but because of the deep trust I had for Athena, I simply believed that she was truly full human, and I allowed her to have her way.“Why didn’t you tell me when you found out?” I asked her.“I would have, Lord Dante, but she begged me not to, and I was just trying to have pity on her,” Athena answered. She still had her head down.“I am sorry, Lord Dante. Please, forgive me,” she added.“Apparently, there have been way too many lies that I don’t even know where to start dealing with this from,” I stated.“I think Belle knew about you before she even came to this Organization,” Blake said.And I began to think deeply about it.How could she have known?Even when I was still married to Nesse, not many people knew because I had used the marriage as a covering for my exile. If everyone was going to know

IRON’S POV“Lord Dante!”That was Athena’s voice, filled with urgency, and I got up from where I was sitting instantly.They both left her a while ago, and I hadn’t even begun to think about all we had conversed about when I heard Athena’s voice, and almost immediately, she hurried into my chamber.“What’s wrong?” I asked worriedly.Again, my first thought was that another Titan had been attacked, but the horror in Athena’s eyes was something else.“I think Belle has disappeared,” Athena blurted.“You cannot be serious,” I said.“But I am, Lord Dante,” she responded.Blake walked in almost immediately.“I am sorry, I heard Athena’s voice,” Blake said. “I hadn’t even gotten to my room yet,” he added.“Belle has disappeared,” Athena repeated so that Blake could know.“From this Organization?” Blake asked, wanting to be sure.“When I got into the room, she wasn’t there,” Athena said.“And her things?” I asked.“They are still there, but…” Athena started speaking, but I sucked my teeth in