Cassie shifted to a different memory.
It took place far away in Bastion, where she was tall and overflowing with ferocious vitality, her every sense and impulse heightened to such a degree that the world felt ten times sharper and more vivid than usual — both brilliant and overwhelming, full of overpowering scents, sights, sounds, and sensations.
Her flawlessly sculpted body was finely tuned and indescribably powerful, making her feel like she could topple mountains with bare hands… in fact, she very well could. She had.
She was Saint Athena, Raised by Wolves, the ruler of Bastion.
Effie was walking toward the gates on the northern edge of the city, surrounded by an escort of Awakened warriors. They were her Wolves — the former soldiers of the Wolf Army who had been under her command since Antarctica.
