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Other times Hyperionhe was like a dai my head on my knees, I folded ht wrist, just below the gold band Wasn’t exactly deep, but it was bruised and raw, and it was healing At least, I thought it was The other on ht and it still oozed blood, or maybe some other kind of fluid I didn’t want to think about

Could deet infections?

I had no idea

Wasn’t like there was anyone I could ask

Once Hyperion was done, I’d be left alone for what I guessed was a day, ive my body time to replenish the stolen aether, just like a mortal body replenishes lost fluids and cells That’s what Hyperion had explainedor taunted It wasn’t like he actually conversed with me Neither did the female Titan

She was as cruel as Hyperion, perhaps even more so, but she was also afraid That much I could tell, but Hyperion wasn’t Not at all

It felt like a lot of hours had passed since I’d seen Hyperion last, and thatsoon

And I kneould happen

He’d orderh what had turned out to be a warehouse, out through the loading docks and into the e lot He didn’t just let me sit out there and soak up the sun

Oh no

He had to talk

And then he’d haul ht at first, no matter how pointless it was, because I had to He alon those battles, but I had the bruises to prove I didn’t go softly into the night or whatever

I wasn’t sure if I could go through it all again

I didn’t want to

A raspy h the dry,it back froross, as did the clothes I wore

I hadn’t showered since I came here I knew I stunk, and I was okay with that, because I preferred to look as unappealing as possible to Hyperion

Lowering my hands, I let theht I heard footsteps Air catching in my throat, I lifted my head and strained to hearto rescue me had fizzled out and died after the second time Hyperion had fed on me, because II had screamed for my father

I’d screamed for Seth

Tears of humiliation burned ave way, and Hyperion laughed

Apollo never came

And Sethhe never answered

He’d left h I’d planned to find him, to prove that I loved him and to show him that he orthy of that love, he’d left me and II was here

I knew Seth didn’t know I’d been taken Every part ofknew that if he had known, he would’ve co here was like an open wound inht of hi to swoop in and save

It was solely up to me to survive this, to escape

The only chance I had hen he took me outside Hyperion once said that it helped replenish the aether, and I guessed it had to do withwas the only chance I had now Wasn’t the best plan, but it was better than accepting this was ive

And there wasn’t just me to think about There was Mitchell, and if he was still alive, he was here soet him out of here before it was too late

I rubbed at h on the raw skin Resting ainst my knee, I closedI knewup as the door opened

Hyperion filled the doorway "Good afternoon, Sunshine"