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"Mixing of the two races was forbidden to ensure that there would not beof a pure and a half"

My mouth dropped open "That’s terrible"

"That itaround" He looked over his shoulder at ine if there were a dozen? No You cannot And besides, one slipped through every generation as planned Though, we do make inning to dislike Apollo "So I’m a monster and a mistake?"

He winked "The perfect kind of mistake"

I scooted away frorin reached his vibrant eyes "As long as the Apollyon behaves himself, he is left alone to do his duty But when there is a second in thewe had not accounted for Zeus thinks it is a kind of cosmic joke"

Marcus leaned forward "But why do you even allow the second to live if one is such a threat?"

I shuddered

Apollo stood again, apparently suffering from a hyperactivity disorder "Ah, you see, we cannot touch the Apollyon The ainst us Only Thanatos’ Order can carry out a successful attack on the Apollyon and, of course, an Apollyon can kill another Apollyon"

My head was starting to hurt "And Seth would know this, right?"

"Seth would know all of this"

I exhaled loudly "I may just kill him"

Apollo arched a brow "Mankind and the Hereater to fear than the daimon… issue And by the way, the whole daimon problem can totally be blamed on Dionysus He was the first to discover that aether could be addictive and he just had to show soh off the stuff, he actually showed hiland Do you kno ods were overgrown children "That’s good to know, but can we get back to the whole greater fear thing?"

"The oracle had a prophecy upon your birth, that one would bring the true death to all of us and the other would be our savior"

"Oh geez," I ain"

Apollo ignored that "She could not tell which one, though And I grew curious When Solaris came around, there had been no such prophecy What made this tihout your lives There was nothing particularly remarkable about either of you"

"You’re really doing wonders for ed "It is only the truth, Alexandria"

"You did not tell the rest of the gods about Seth and Alexandria?" Marcus asked

"No I should have, and my decision not to has not made o, the oracle foresaw your death if you stayed at the Covenant, which led to your h her prophecy did come true"

It struck me then "Because I came back to the Covenant…"

"And you did die," Aiden finished, his hands curling into fists "Gods"

"The oracle is never wrong," Apollo said "I kept an eye on you up until the night before the daiht you had sensedfrom the beach and you stopped just outside your door"

My eyes widened "I re weird, but I… didn’t know"

"If only I had stayed around…" He shook his head "When I learned that the Covenant was actively seeking you, I disguisedon I had no idea Lucian are of your true identity"

"I never told him," Marcus said "I only knew because my sister confided in me before she left Lucian already knew by then"

"Interesting," Apolloaround"

"Wouldn’t you know if there were other gods around?" Aiden asked

"Not if they did not wantin and out at different tiain by ensuring that the two Apollyons were brought together"

"Do any of you want revenge?" I asked

Apollo laughed "When do we not want revenge against one another? We are constantly irking one another out of boredoination for one to take it all too seriously"

"But what is the fear, Apollo?" Marcus asked "Why would the Order try to take out Alexandria when she has done nothing?"

"It is not Alexandria they are trying to stabilize"

"It’s Seth," I whispered

Aiden stiffened His eyes turned a thundercloud gray "It’s always about Seth"

"But he hasn’t done anything," I protested

"Yet," Apollo replied