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I scowled "No one wants to kill you, but you’re the one who’ll have the potential to wipe out the entire Olympian Court But everyone is like, ‘Let’s kill the one who isn’t doing anything!’ And you canjust skip off into the sunset while I’ain "I wouldn’t skip off if you were dead I’d be sad"

"You’d be sad because you wouldn’t be the God Killer" I picked upit over slowly "Olivia hates me"

"Alex…"

"What?" I looked up "She does, because I let Caleb die"

His eyes narrowed "You didn’t let Caleb die, Alex"

I sighed, suddenly wanting to cry It was official: I was certifiably whacked out today "I know Ito her?" His eyes widened at ly, I took a huge, sloppy bite

Seth arched a brow as he watched ry?"

I sed The food formed a heavy lump in my stomach "No"

We didn’t talk for a fewto, I turned over lowed softly "Did… did you do this on purpose?"

"What? The rune?" He tookit so my palm faced up "No, I didn’t do it on purpose I’ve already told you that"

"I don’t know You looked like you were concentrating really hard when it happened"

"I was concentrating on your e close to touching it "You don’t like this, do you?"

"No," I whispered Anotherelse

"It’s natural, Alex"

"It doesn’t feel natural" My eyes flicked to his "What does this one ods," he answered, surprising e of the soul"

"Courage of the soul?" I laughed "That doesn’this thumb over my pulse "They are the first marks the Apollyons receive"

My wrist seeile even "Did yours cohed "What happened… between us last night?"

A wicked grin played over his lips "Well,out"

"That’s not what I e of the table "I felt it--the energy or whatever you want to call it--leavinginto you"

"Did it hurt you?"

I shook ood"

His nostrils flared as if he s, he leaned over the table between us, clasped ht his , and felt really weird Kissing last night really hadn’t counted--or at least I’d convinced myself of that So this was the first real kiss since the Catskills, and it was a totally public display And I was still holding the sub in ht hand So yeah, it felt bizarre

Seth pulled back, s "I think we should do that , because I knew people were staring "Kissing?"

He laughed "I’ht"

Out of nowhere, anger crept over ?"

One brow arched "Oh, I felt so"

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly "I?"

"Nothing you apparently want me to talk about"

"Gods" I squeezed the sub Globs of mayo splattered off the plastic plate "I don’t even knohy I’ to you"

Seth slowly exhaled "Are you PMSing or so, did he really just go there? And then I cocked back my arm and launched the sub across the table It hit his chest with a so plop, but it was the look on his face as he ju A cross between disbelief and horror marked his features as he knocked pieces of lettuce and ham off his shirt and pants