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"I wouldn’t if I were you, my dear," she purred

It was a damn shame I was insubstantial, else I would’ve happily punched her lights out Ava clenched her fists, apparently having the same idea, but she made no further move toward Calliope "You monster," she hissed "He’s your son"

"We all make sacrifices Surely you of all people must understand that"

The roolowlovable about you All this ti you the way he did, but you deserved it You pervert love and fanizable, all for your oisted sense of satisfaction No one, not even Cronus, deserves to burn in Tartarus erous voice "Itin and you will never escape etting the hell out of here and--"

"What’s going on?"

Henry stood in the doorway, cradling Milo I moved toward them so fast that I could’ve sworn I created a breeze, but Henry looked straight through me, his focus on Calliope

A knife twisted in the pit of my stomach, but he couldn’t see me He had no idea I was there Even if he did, he’d still be looking at Calliope like she was the ," said Calliope "I was just coave Ava a curious look, and she averted her eyes, her hand hovering half an inch over Nicholas’s "What’s going on?"

"Ava here seeainst us, Nicholas is entitled to leave now," said Calliope, and she giggled "As if we could afford such a risk We can’t have Nicholas rushing back with our secrets, now, can we?"

Henry eyed Nicholas the way he’d looked at Calliope after the brothers had captured her in the Underworld and tied her up in chains My stomach lurched The Henry I knew and loved had to be in there soht now, this wasn’t him No matter how badly it hurt, I had to remember that Whether it was Ava’s influence or Calliope’s power to cut the ties of loyalty between Henry and the rest of the council, it didn’t matter He was the enemy now

No, not the enemy As much of a prisoner as Nicholas and Milo

"Of course, ed "We will do e ave Calliope a sensuous kiss I shielded nore thelance, and that’s when I saw it