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Walking to the glass wall that overlooked the ocean, I pushed down the blosso panic that screamed what if I never found her? I focused "Apollo and Hercules couldn’t sense out the otherthem is where they ," Aiden repeated, silver eyes flashing "Alex and I have been tossing this back and forth on the way over here"

"It was quite the trip," she said dryly, and I knew there was a story there, but I didn’t care enough to ask them to elaborate "So we had a lot of time to think about this"

More tiabout what I’d becoain their strength, correct?" Aiden stated "Having two deh for six Titans--seven, up until you eradicated Atlas That can’t be enough So the next best thing would be pure-bloods"

Follohere he was going with this, I swung around "If we can find a cluster ofpures, then we’d be closer to where the Titans are"

Alex nodded "Unless they’ve been grabbing pures fro line, but we can hope they aren’t srabbed more than the normal losses from one location"

"I’ve already made a few calls to some of the Guards I knoho protect pure co soon"

I should’ve been relieved that at least we’d have soo off of, but every muscle in my body was tense, because what ifwhat if ere too late?

What if I was too late?

~

Night had fallen I had no idea where Alex and Aiden were The last I’d seen, they’d been transfixed by the priests and priestesses that they’d seen out by the temple after dinner Now the house was quiet, as was the ocean All I had wereher out like I’d been doing all day, over and over It had only been a day since I’d realized Josie had been taken, but it felt like a da to her, what she was going through

S a hand over my face, I squeezed my eyes shut If we didn’t hear back fro my hand, I turned Alex stepped out onto the balcony She’d changed in to jeans and a loose T-shirt For a minute, she looked like any noraze bouncing frorew up in this?"

I didn’t respond as she walked to the railing and turned her face up, closing her eyes to the sweetly scented breeze

"How are you hanging in there?" she asked

Sainst the warave a soft laugh "Understandable" There was a pause and then she lowered her chin and opened her eyes "You’re a god, Seth--and don’t say soht?"

Her eyes widened "Really freaking bizarre We were talking to, um, Basil--is that his naht"

Glancing over her shoulder to the open archway, only a ain "Can I just point out so to rin flashed across her face, and for a ood and all the bad I had been there for Alex when Caleb died, but I’d also tricked her many times I’d used her to power up before she’d awakened Yeah, my head had been a bit brainwashed, but that wasn’t an excuse In the end, I’d coh for Alex--for Alex and Aiden, but that didn’t washthat Alex was actually standing in front of aze met mine "You said you want to blow stuff up, but you’re not"

"I took out a tree earlier"

Her brows rose "But the Seth I kneould be all over the place, blowing up more than a tree," she said "You look the same, but you’re a hell of a lot calod must have a weirdzen effect on you" She paused "So I’ to ask you another question Why did you leave?"

My shoulders tensed

"I have to ask" She reached up, twisting her hair into a rope, re me so much of what Josie did when she was nervous that I had to look away for a moment "Iaround, doing evil deeds" Her nose wrinkled "Like I’ve said, you’re actually calmer than I’ve ever seen you"

My jaw locked down