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Seth s his "Telly can’t want to take ht of my father I knew beyond a doubt he was behind that, too "There has to be ods," Lucian said "If he feels they may be threatened, that is all the reason he needs"

"Do you not live to serve the gods?" Leon asked

Lucian barely looked in the direction of the pure-blood Sentinel "I do, but I also live to serve the best interests of my people"

Marcus rubbed his broearily "Telly is not our only concern There are also the gods themselves"

"Yes" Lucian nodded "There is also the issue of the furies"

I randeal that they were even including uessed I should pay attention and keep the snark to a minimum

"The furies attack only when they perceive a threat to the pure-bloods and to the gods," Marcus explained "Their appearance at the Covenants before the daiods It was a warning that if we could not keep the daimon population under control, or if our existence was exposed to the h the daimons’ actions, they’d respond And when the daimons launched their attack on the Covenant, the furies were released But they went after you, Alex Even though there were daiest threat"

The furies had ripped through daimon and innocent alike in those bloody oing to lie--I’d never been more terrified in my life

"They will be back," Leon added "It is their nature Maybe not i "I figured as "

"You exist, my dear That is all they need," said Lucian "And you are the weaker of the two"

I was also the sleepier of the two

Seth rocked back on his heels "If they come back, I’ll destroy theiving theht "They’ll just burn up and coht back"

"Not if I kill theods No weapon od will kill the "Akasha," he said "That would put them down permanently"

"You don’t have that kind of power now," Leon stated, jaw tensed

Seth just continued to set to see the furies It would have been… so to witness"

"They were beautiful," I said Everyone turned to ed I’d never seen anything like that Anyway, one said that Thanatos wouldn’t be pleased with their return after… I got rid of the about the road the Powers had chosen and that I would be their tool The oracle had said so like that too, before she poofed"

"Who are ‘the Powers’?" Leon asked

Aiden nodded "That’s a good question"

"That is not a concern The furies are," Lucian responded, dis the concept with a flick of his slender wrist "Like Telly, they are operating on old fears The furies are loyal to Thanatos If the furies coain, I fear that Thanatos will not be far behind"

Marcus dropped his hand to the top of the glossythe school I have hundreds of students I must keep safe The furies show no discrimination in their kills"

Not once had he ht be related, but it didn’t make us a real family Marcus hadn’t even smiled at etting to est we move Alex to a safe place," Lucian offered

"What?" My voice squeaked

Lucian glanced at me "The furies know to look for you here We could move you some place safe"

Seth sat on the ars at the ankle He didn’t seeaining his attention "Did you know about this?" I whispered

He didn’t answer

The look I gave him promised trouble later and not the fun kind Seth could’ve at least given me a heads-up about this

Aiden frowned "Where would you take her?"

My eyes went to hiazes locked h, I could still feel his arhere

"The fewer people who know, the better," Lucian replied "She would be well protected by my best Guards and Seth"

Marcus appeared to consider this "We wouldn’t have to worry about the furies attacking here" He looked in uarded "But if she leaves the Covenant now, she will not graduate and become a Sentinel"

My storaduate"

Lucian smiled, and I wanted to punch hi a Sentinel now You will beco an Apollyon isn’t my whole life! I need to become a Sentinel That’s what I’ve alanted" Those last words sat oddly ona Sentinel was the lesser of two evils in reality