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"We did not have the opportunity," he said "Now try to go into the bedrooave him a look "I told you, I don’t want to do that until--"

"Is that all you think about?" he said with a faint s, and I huffed Co my eyes, I focused on the air around me In the throne rooonizingly so, I pieced together an ie of the bedroom in my mind The plain bed, the dresser, the closet, the white door, the sunset floor and the sky-blue ceiling exactly like the throne roo every inch of my body from the tip of my nose to the bottom of ood," said Henry, standing dangerously close to me "You were faster that time Less than thirty seconds"

It was difficult to take a compliment from someone who could do it in the blink of an eye "What if we appear in the same space?"

"That will not happen," said Henry "The laws of the universe won’t allow it"

Oh Well, that was good to know I leaned up against the bedpost and stuck my hands in my pockets "Once I have this down, could you teach ht the way that would make any difference in the battles," he said Da how to travel--is your best bet"

"How can this help?" I said, and he shrugged

"Any nu able to go wherever you’d like with a single thought That coupled with your visionswell, you could be a very for that to try to make me feel better"

"Perhaps," he alloith a set the wrong idea of ain, he disappeared, and I sighed If I were stillto focus faster and shave a second or two off et better, and I only had so much time to learn how

I reappeared in the throne roo, I get to be it," I said, and my eyes fluttered open

Walter stood two inches in front of ainst his chest "While it is ad such a troubling period, I must ask that you take your seat now"

I stumbled back a step and hit someone else James He set his hand on uessed," Iover to my throne Henry stood beside his, and he extended his hand I took it The rest of the council each stood by theirs as well, and I did a quick mental count They all looked worn down--ly pale, a painful reminder of her last few days back in Eden--but everyone had returned

No one spoke Their expressions ranged fro I had not to sink into a vision and ht "What happened?" I said shakily, too scared to wait for Walter to speak first

"Cronus’s reach is extending He sent out another tidal wave," said Walter "Alexandria is all but gone, and Cairo is half-drowned"

"But--" I tried to picture a ypt It’d been forever since I’d seen one "Cairo isn’t on the coast"

"With the power of a Titan behind it, there was nothing to stop the wave froreat shuddering breath "I a I can to counter hiently, her eyes rimmed with red "No one blames you, Phillip"

From the way he bowed his head, it was obvious Phillip bla hands betweenin between

"How many casualties?" I said

"Millions," said Walter "Several times the as Why hadn’t they taken Cronus’s deal? Maybe it’d only been worth a littleCronus was escaping with or without their per before he devastated Europe and Africa And then where would he hit? Asia? Australia? North and South A?

At least Calliope attackedthis just to hurt the council? To prove he was stronger and there was nothing they could do to stop hiheaded to adest, baddest bastard in the universe

I opened , I didn’t care, so long as it stopped the attack Henry tookmy knuckles with the pad of his thu more than an incompetent pest Because of that, noI used, he wouldn’t listen to me None of them except my mother, James and Henry would, and the council couldn’t afford to be any more divided than it already was