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She raised an eyebrow

"And? Are you going to tell me that you’re a vahed nervously, waiting to hear what craziness would coh with her Instead, I pulled ers around it Her head iainst the seat and I literally watched sparks fly frohtly shut, but I could see her eyesrapidly behind her eyelids as she followed the rapidlyI had been thereit on her as I did, but there was no way I would have been able to explain so that she would believe me She needed to si as patiently as I could After three minutes or so, her eyes fluttered open and when she turned to look at er the saoddess

I jumped from surprise, but tried hard to retain my composure As it was, I still subconsciously scooted away from her towards my car door

"What is it, Harue work, so I simply turned my rearview mirror in her direction She peered into it and then sat back in her seat "Oh, ain with her gleaoddesses didn’t inherit those things I would be unnerved every tireed "We can’t let anyone see you until we get you so"

She shook her head "It won’twill be the same" She turned to"

"You think?" I asked doubtfully "I don’t knoe are going to do Did it restore all of your memories or" I let my voice trail off as I stared at her pensively

She shook her head "No But enough of them I knoho I am, who you are and where we came from What I don’t understand is e are here" She held up her arh new eyes And I guess, in a sense, she was It was always so strange to see things with fresh eyes once old et to Gavin," I said "This isn’t his fault None of it is I cannot allow any harm to come to him and I don’t knohy they have him" I shuddered "You don’t knohat they did to Ahmose"

Brief flashes of that torturous scene flew into my oing to help I tried to da in my chest I couldn’t help him if I melted down

"We need to find Annen He works with the Keres and he’ll knohat to do I can feel it"

"Annen works with the Keres?" she asked in surprise "That is interesting news"

"Well, I doubt the Keres are the sa"

And as we continued the drive into the city, I continued to explain everything that I knew so far, including how Hephaestus was chained to the door in Zeus’ palace We were pulling into the city limits by the time I wrapped it up and the look on Jade’s face was tantamount to hysteria

"Cal if we are hysterical"

She nodded and I watched her chest heaving as she atteain her control

"This is surreal," she ?"

"I don’t know," I answered honestly "But I feel the same way"

When we pulled intolanced at Jade

"Remember You are Jade and I alasses" She quickly shoved her sunglasses onto her nose and we hurried into the house

This ti under a kitchen chair

He laid there tre a constant eye on Jade

She turned to ed Pets had crazily accurate senses He knew soht He was probably afraid of me, too, but since I still s into my mother as we headed down the hall toward hed in obvious relief "Sweetie, I’lad you caoing to head on out for otten a hold of your father, so I’ve decided that you can either coo over to the twins’ house I’m sure their mother won’t care It’s up to you"

"U to ask if Jade could stay here with rande history final to study for" Lie

But uess that’s fine, honey I trust you Just reirl that I know you are" She raised her eyebrows ats but study" And try to find our way to Mount Olyht then The hotel nue, I have my cell phone and I left money on the counter for pizza or whatnot I think you’re all set"

She swooped in and gaveto her for a minute I didn’t knoould happen and I felt suddenly sentimental She pulled away and looked atalone?"

I nodded "Coave one

Jade and I rushed toout the Map of Souls and h the book while I clutched the pendant, silently willing Annen to us He didn’t appear I hed