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I grinned at him "I don’t think ‘assholeness’ is a word"

"It is if I say it is" Apollo drew in a deep breath, a sure sign his te its knock-Seth-into-the-nearby-ocean point "Perses has s I’d consider unthinkable, like say half of what the gods did every day "You’re going to have to narrow that down"

He blinked and when his eyes reopened, they were more normal Not completely normal, but he now had pupils and irises His eyes were an intense, denim blue when they met my amber-colored ones "He’s freed more Titans"

"That’s not --wait What?"

"He’s freed more Titans, Seth"

Now he had my full attention "All of the Cronus"

Holy shitstor I’d expected I took a step back, dropping my hands to my hips as I mulled that development over "How in the fuck is that even possible? Was Hades sleeping on the job or so?"

"Yes, Seth, he took a nap and Perses snuck in the back door and let the, stopped to have a pic-a-nic and then decided to leave the Underworld all slow-like, and all the while Hades was chillin’ and doing nothing"

That sounded probable

"No," he snapped, blue eyes flaring brightly "Hades wasn’t sleeping on the job None of us were, you little punk ass"

I arched a brow "Well, that was unnecessary"

Apollo ignored that "Use your brain for once, Seth You’re a suy I know you are And you knew damn well that when Ares was taken out there would be ripple effects"

"Yeah I ood foot back fro to pummel me into next week "We knew there’d be side effects It was a risk we had to take--just like freeing Perses But when Ares died, all of us eakened in one way or another We did not realize that one of the biggest chinks in our ar the Titans How Perses realized that and made it into Tartarus to free them is unknown and really doesn’t matter at this point Some of them are free So are some souls--shades And not just any ordinary souls, but ancient souls who supported the Titans when they ruled"

Du ht happen?"

He returned h "This is great, Apollo We have Titans roa around?"

"They are somewhere Where? We have no idea They are blocked froh his blond hair "They are plotting to overthrow us"