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His golden brows furrowed

"Sorry," I sighed "It’s just that’s kind of a… It’s a big deal"

"It is"

"Mortal death So I…I died?" My voice pitched on the last word

"Yes And no Your od, now immortal in most ways You still can perish, but it will not be easy Huer touch you Mortal wounds will not kill you"

I slowly shook my head I had no idea what to say to that I felt the sarasp what had happened to me Part of me wanted to, I don’t know, jump out of aand see if I’d land onthe palm of his hand across the center of his chest, the movement weary "But there is more that you must do There is an icon of ods will need to find theirs Once unbound and with all of the icons, you all will be able to face the Titans"

"An icon? What does that mean?"

"There’s a certain librarian I think you should speak with," he said edly Fine white lines appeared at the corners of his led free He looked…tired I hadn’t thought it possible that gods could get tired

Apollo leaned forward, pressing the tips of his fingers against my cheek like he’d done infrom him But if he hadn’t made that choice to unbind me, I would’ve died, or worse With Hyperion--with the Titans--there were things far worse than death

"Thank you," I said, clearing my throat, but the words still rasped out "Thank you for saving my life"

His eyes htened He shi

I stared at the spot where he’d stood as I reached up, placing ainst my cheek Tears burned my eyes I don’t knohy I wanted to cry Probably because I had a lot of reasons to do so

Drawing in a deep breath, I sed those tears and pushed off the bed The tile floor was cool under led my toes, and then I took a step, and then another I opened the door, and soht, like by some weird instinct