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"It’s about Jao perfectly with the silver gown "He said I had a choice That I didn’t have to come down here if I didn’t want to" I stopped before I mentioned the part where he’d offered to leave within my face, Ava settled on the f loor beside me "It’s a possibility None of us were happy about the idea of Henry fading, but at least Ja out of it"

I shookthe Underworld I mean--jealous that he has me"

"Oh" Ava’s eyes widened "Oh You think Jaed "It sort of seeether He was so happy and relaxed and-- James while ere in Greece, but now that we’re back here, he’s gotten all moody and proper and doesn’t want to be around me anymore And I think it’s because of Henry"

"Because Henry has you and he doesn’t" Ava tapped her f inger against her porcelain cheek "You knoho I am, don’t you?"

I eyed her Was this a trick question? "Yeah You’re Ava"

"And what a her blond hair over her shoulder

No one had ever told me, but out of the fourteen members of the council, Ava was by far the easiest to match with her Olympian counterpart Next to Henry, of course

"Goddess of love"

She beaot beauty and sex"

Yes, she was def initely Aphrodite "What’s your point?" Most of the ti Ava was, but when I re but an unattractive luifts, and I can tell James loves you But we all love you, Kate You’re part of the family now"

"What kind of love is it? For Jaaveyou would be a terrible invasion of James’s privacy, and I do have to put up with him for the foreseeable future"

I rolled my eyes "Since when have you cared about privacy?"