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But Henry wasn’t the bad guy He’d stayed loyal to Persephone despite everything she’d done to him, and my momentary compassion for Calliope faded In the end, she was to blame for what she’d done, no one else

"No wonder she snapped," I mumbled "If I had to watch Henry do that to me, I think I would, too"

"It doesn’t excuseCronus No matter how much of an ass Walter is, she’s the one who ultimately made those choices" And ere the ones who had to face the consequences, just like Henry had nearly faded because of Persephone

It didn’t ive up her immortality when she could do whatever she wanted? She had the saht?

Six months out of the year, I’m his wife and help him rule, and for the other six, I can do whatever I want?" Ava tossed ht it, but I didn’t take a bite "It wasn’t like that at f irst," she said, glancing at Ja off into the forest with a faraway look "Henry offered that to her when he realized how miserable she was down here

None of us can take this all the time except for him"

"Most of the council doesn’t visit," said James "Our abilities are muted down here, and--"

Crack

Wood sizzled above ht as I looked up to see what had happened, Ava shoved erously close to the f ire I yankedcrash turned the world into dust

Coughing, I scra with splintered wood in the spot where I’d been sitting seconds before

"Ava?" I said, choking on the clouds of dirt "Jah for me to see rabbed my shoulders and yankedet out of here"

"But Ava--"

"I’m here," said Ava a few feet to my left "Go" James pulled me away, and I stumbled over rocks and roots I couldn’t see Another crack echoed through the forest, and I darted forward, futilely coveringtreeached led to keep up The air cleared the farther ent, and I saw Ja to ward so off

"Cronus," he said, and another tree sizzled "He found us"

CHAPTER SEVEN