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I didn’t say anything, because I doubted he’d understand, but everything Erin had told me had to have been a lie if she was soh or cry "Where is she?"

"There was a bit of aup your stuff, but that’s not really iazesether, I nodded My knuckles started to ache fro the blanket

"Your father is Apollo, and that does od"

"But…I’m not special," I said, and then realized how laods have powers, right? I re about Hercules and so acraood to know, in case I need you to run fast" He cast a bland look inwith those of the others"

"Others?"

He nodded "I don’t kno y, but only half of what they teach in theyou do need to know is that the gods are very powerful, but they suck at cognitive thinking skills"

"Uhty, then"

"They do things without really thinking theh, which is hoe’re in this situation now," he continued as he turned his gaze to the open

I wasn’t sure I was ready to hear about this situation "And, you’re not a de "Like I told you before, my mom was a pure and my father was a half I didn’t know hilanced back at me, I felt uess we also have that in co s in co to bond over"

Drawing back against the headboard, I was stung, and I wasn’t quite sure why, but the tone of his words had been harsh "I wasn’t trying to bond with you"

He turned his gaze back to theand didn’t say anything for a long ether create an Apollyon Usually there’s some kind of divine intervention, but relationships between pures and halfs were forbidden because of the threat of an Apollyon being born"

Pushing away the sting of his earlier words, I focused on as important "Why?"

"There’s only supposed to be one Apollyon in a generation We’re as powerful as a deod, able to control the four elements-- air, water, fire, and earth--and we control the fifth--akasha But when there are two Apollyons, we can…we’re connected in a way that’s hard to explain We can pull energy from each other, and one of us, if we do a certain ritual on the other, can beco a God Killer basically ods aren’t thrilled whenever there are two Apollyons, because of that potential"

All of this was Greek toat the waist, he faced ive you the CliffsNotes version of ent down"

I was surprised he hadn’t said he was going to give me the version for dummies, but I kept my mouth shut

"I shouldn’t have been born," he stated pointedly

"Whoa" My eyes widened "That’s a bit harsh" And also a bit too close to hoed, but there was a hardness to his jaw that said it affected him more than he led on "There was already another Apollyon lined up to be born All of them are descendants of Apollo, one way or another But I was born before…before her, and I was raised to be the Apollyon--schooled, trained to fight from the moment I could walk My duty was to step in and handle situations the Sentinels couldn’t handle"

"Sentinels? Isn’t that a Transforhtly "Sentinels are halfs and pures who train to keep things in order--to ets out of hand and that thethem There’s a whole society--schools, universities, communities, clubs--you name it It’s out there and mortals have no idea about any of it, Joe"

I frowned "Don’t call nored that "Anyway, I was raised believing I was the only Apollyon Until I was brought to Deity Island--a small island off the coast of North Carolina Then Isort of went downhill froods knew that I wasn’t supposed to be the Apollyon, and they knew one of their oas seeking to betray them Turns out that Ares, who made sure I ca it back to the glory days where gods ruled not just Olympus but also over the h ods took precautions when I was born They knew they needed a backup plan in case one of the Apollyons becaods, bound their powers, and left them alone You’re one of them"