Athena had successfully completed her final mission. The moment Xavier Angelus drew his last breath, she knew there was no turning back.
It had been clean, efficient, just as expected of Agent 22, one of the finest assassins Eviantrinth had ever produced.
And with that, she was granted something she had never thought possible. Retirement.
Eviantrinth, ranked second among the world's deadliest assassin guilds, did not easily let go of its operatives, especially one as skilled as her.
But she had earned it. Years of bloodshed, of missions completed without failure, of precise kills that left no trace.
In return, she walked away with a fortune so vast, it would last multiple lifetimes. Yet, what use did she have for wealth when she had spent her entire existence living in the shadows?
She settled far from the life she once knew, retreating to a secluded cabin deep within the woods of an unassuming country in Asia.
