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I looked toatAmazon with caramel-colored hair and eyes Since Jasmine Ashton's death back in the fall, Helena had established herself as the new irl queen of the second-year students at Mythos She sat at a nearby table with two of her Amazon friends, all of theht, fitted sweaters; they had perfect hair, jewelry, purses, and makeup to match

"I thought Logan's standards were a little higher than that Guess I rong Then again, guys will do anything-and anyone-to get some"

Helena's voice was low, but the cruel smile on her face told me that sheto Helena, except stand up for another girl she'd been teasing, but that had been enough to put me on the Amazon's hit list Now, every time she saw me, Helena went out of her way to be snotty to et the best of the Aet her to shut up

Helena whispered so My hand tightened aroundof tea Not for the first time, I wished that I had an Amazon's quickness so I could bean Helena in the head with it But she would only catch theand throw it back at me before I could blink

"Ignore thean said "They're just jealous that you're here with me"

I rolled o"

His grin widened, and I couldn't help but laugh No ot, the Spartan could alwayselse that added to that war in my chest

We sat there in silence, listening to the les of the espresso machines After all the battles we'd survived recently, it was nice to just hang out with Logan without worrying about as going to happen next or what Reapersas students, professors, or even the coffee shop staff

But after a few minutes, the reality of the situation hitQuinn, one of the cutest guys at Mythos-and I had no idea what to say to him

"So" I said "What do people talk about on dates?"

Logan looked up from his espresso "What do you mean?"

I shifted in my seat "I mean, you have a lot more experience at this than I do"

In fact, Logan had a reputation for being a total irl to the next Me? I'd had exactly one boyfriend for a grand total of three weeks before I'don a date was still sort of a new experience for me Besides, the Spartan had this natural, easy charuys alike Me? I was about as char as a wet sock

"I knoe talk about at the acade, when he's going to come and kill us all, hoe're supposed to stop him"

Actually, that last one was od Yeah, od And not just any god, but Loki, as pretty much evil incarnate

But that was the seeiventhat I hadn't shared with Logan or any of oddess expected me to do that I had no idea how anyone could do that, especially irl who touched stuff and saw things

Logan kept staring atmy mouth once more

"I guess we could talk about how I'h I doubt that I'll ever be in your league Or we could talk about Nyx, and how totally cute she is Or Daphne and her healing ic Or Carson and how obsessed he is with the winter concert the band is putting together"

Babbling I was finally out on a real date with Logan, and I was babbling like a wind-up doll soear

Logan reached over and put his hand on top of irl Relax You're doing fine We don't have to talk about anything, if you don't want to I'm just happy to be here with you It's nice to just sit here and relax, with everything that's been going on these past feeeks You know?"

His fingers felt waran's heart-and all his feelings His strength, his bravery, his deterht Reapers and to protect s, flashed through an, and everything else that was going on right now

My Gypsy gift let me know, see, and feel the history of any object I touched Given that, I had to be careful about touching things and, most especially, people More than once, ainst someone's, and I'd realized that what he said didn't match what he felt That's what had happened with my first boyfriend He'd kissedabout another girl instead

But there was nothing to be afraid of with Logan I knew all the Spartan's secrets, and he knew mine Well, except for the whole Gwen's-supposed-to-kill-Loki thing I still wasn't sure exactly how to bring that up, and I wasn't going to Not today There would be tiht now, I just wanted to enjoy an

"How is it that you always know just what to do and say to make me feel better?" I said

Logan grinned "Just another part of that Spartan killer instinct I can slay the ladies just as well as I can Reapers"

I rolled ed to knock over my tea and his espresso Liquid cascaded all over the table, an's lap The Spartan jumped up, but he didn't have an A soaked

"Sorry!" I said, getting to my own feet "I'm so sorry!"

I reached for the silver holder on the table, intending to rip so it to the ground as well The napkin holder clang-cla-cla-clanged across the floor

By the time the holder skidded to a stop and the noise faded away, everyone in the shop had turned to stare at us Ean looked like he'd had water dumped all over him

"Sorry," I ain

"It's okay," Logan said, holding his hands out to his sides to keep froet cleaned up"

He headed off toward the bathroorabbed so up the mess After a few seconds, most people went back to their conversations-except for Helena and her friends They were too busy laughing at me to talk

I put nored the my hands off I threw all the used napkins into a trash can, then sat down and slumped as low as I could insuccess-or even just the fun ti without even trying Soht that was my specialty in life