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Apollo stared at me as he slowly shook his head "There was so much more you could’ve asked for, Alex"
My brows knitted "Like what? What could be aze held mine, and suddenly I knehat he meant I could’ve asked for his protection, because once I took care of Ares, it would be open season on my arse I knew Apollo would already do what he could to ensure that I walked away, but it see that Apollo od nodded curtly "Okay Once everything has settled, ill change the laws and the Elixir will be no more You have my word, no matter the outco if Ares kicks our asses into the next generation I wanted Apollo to do it now, because I had the patience of a hyena, but I could understand why he couldn’t The last thing we needed wasoff the effects of the Elixir in the aze traveled across the roo over the shocked expressions of Luke and Olivia I think, in thatSolos must have by the look in his wide eyes After all this was said and done, they would have so they’d never had before
Complete and utter control of their future
CHAPTER 14
Olivia hugged s would deflate She held on, her lithe for iveis so lad they’re out," she said, and then in a lower, hoarser voice, she added, "Thank you"
I knehy she was thanking me--for the deal I squeezed her back and then leaned away I keptto do?"
"After this craziness with Ares?" When I nodded, a far-off look crept into her pretty eyes She dropped her arht about it, but now I do have so," Luke said, dropping a quick kiss on e"
Both Olivia and I stared at him
"What?" A flush spread across his cheeks "I actually like school"
"Freak," IiTension and elation warred in the roo to re back to Oly deal, but what the three of us were about to eerous
Perses could kill us all and ht wasn’t what I wanted to be focus on as I made my way over to where Hades stood between Aiden and Seth My eyes bounced between the two guys Then again, I wasn’t so sure that Perses was going to be the proble each other up like they were ready for a caged deathup to Aiden, I elbowed hilanced down ata stor inI smiled up at him, smiled so widely my cheeks ached
"I would’ve used that favor ently, Love" Hades smirked "There was so much you could’ve asked for"
Aaand Hades burst my bubble with a quickness I should have expected "Thanks for your input," I muttered
"You’re welcome," he replied "Is everyone ready for our little field trip?"
With Apollo’s seal of approval, Seth was given his toys back, so all of us, even Seth, were decked out in our Covenant daggers and Glocks Our eyes locked for a aze that unsettled ers through , the floor dropped out from under us
"Holy daihted itself once ods…"
Aiden patted his hands over his chest as if checking to make sure he was all there Seth looked a little out of it None of us had been prepared for that od of the Underworld watched us Amusement bled into the air around him "It’s easier that way, don’t you think?"
I smoothed my hand over my hair, relieved to find it still attached to my head When the floor had moved under us, it had felt like we’d fallen a million feet "Did you just…just teleport us?"
"So his hands on his hips Tipping his head back, he let out a loud, ear-piercing whistle, causing me to jump
"So this is the Underworld?" Seth turned, taking in his surroundings
Forcing et over the fact that I wasn’t exactly sure how Hades had ed to teleport us, and the whole science behind that concept, I looked around I recognized where ere
"Thank the gods it’s not the Vale of Mourning, huh?" Aiden said
I nodded That vast, depressing stretch of the Underworld was not a place I wanted to visit again We were just outside the Vale, several feet fro slow progress with a troubled look A lot of the deceased were Sentinels, their black unifor them…well, I had to think it was a painful reminder of what he’d been a part of
The sound of pounding hooves drew ods…"
I jerked back, bouncing off of Aiden’s chest An arods in Olympia, the horses were the size of elephants Four of theht oil, their e horses with the exception of the all-white pupils behind their black-leather eye shields "I don’t re"