"You… knew?" Leo asked hesitantly, his voice low as he began to understand what Hera was referring to.
"Was it because of the Avery intel department—Gerald's team?" he added, glancing at her with a mixture of surprise and realization.
Around them, the others exchanged confused glances. They couldn't quite follow what the two were talking about.
"Not exactly. I have other sources, too." Hera replied calmly.
She couldn't exactly tell them the truth, not yet. How could she casually reveal that they were all living inside a novel, something Athena had told her? Everyone was already reeling from the shocking revelation about her and Leo's identities. Dropping another, even bigger bombshell would only overwhelm them further. They needed time to process what they had already learned.
Besides, Hera wasn't sure if revealing the truth about their world would disrupt the law of causality or trigger another butterfly effect. That was something she had to carefully consider.
