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"Shut up," Alex growled "As if you kno to cook food"

Seth sotten bowl "I a a pointed look at Aiden, he leaned against the counter "Unlike so "Just because you’re a god doesn’t uest in my house doesn’t mean I won’t drown you in the ocean"

"Oh dear," ISeth’s threat, Aiden pushed back and looked at ood to see you up and ood" I inched into the kitchen "Just a little tired"

"You look so much better," Alex said, and it was probably a lie She walked over toShe drew back a few inches and whispered, "Is everything okay with you and Jackass over there?"

"I can hear you," Seth replied, dus in a heated skillet

"I don’t care," Alex sang back

"Yeah" I nodded and sood"

Relief flickered through her war her aruidedit "Believe it or not, ereeveryone breakfast"

"Sure looked like it" Seth picked up a spatula

Aiden turned around with a sigh "Would you like anything to drink, Josie?"

I stopped "I can get it"

"I’e He peered inside "Well, the options appear to be lie juice?" I sat down

Alex clilass "We talked to Deacon and Luke last night They’re relieved to hear you’re okay"

"I’m happy to know they’re safe at the Covenant," I told her as Aiden placed a glass of OJ in front of me "Thank you"

He nodded "They’re not exactly safe They left yesterday to search down the de the eggs, and it wasso dood nowto watch hiined he could just whip up o cool like that "Will they be okay? The Titans are still searching for the other deods"

"They’ll be as safe as any of us are" Aiden rubbed at his brow "I’d prefer that they’d stay at the University where at least there are wards, but Deacon isn’t"

"A kid anymore?" Seth finished for him He raised a brohen Aiden frowned "What? Deacon wants to help And he has Luke He’s not going to let anything happen to your brother"

Aiden snapped his mouth shut as he stared at Seth "That was al sick?"

Seth rolled his eyes

I se juice My stomach twisted unco froods?" A sharp pain lit up my chest at the mention of my father What a dickhead Seriously "Before I was taken, I thoughtI thought I saw furies in the sky"

"There weren’t any furies that I saw, and they are kind of hard to ods, either Not a da Whenever the world dons its crazy pants and gets ready to thron, they all disappear"

Aiden was still staring at Seth with a mixture of wonder and confusion

"They probably won’t come anywhere near us" Seth lifted his left hand and several plates flew fro straight out of Beauty and the Beast

"Show off," rinned in a way that replaced that dull ache in ods knohat I a to stay far, far away"

"And are you planning to do that?" Aiden duods?"

Seth shrugged a shoulder as he scooped up sos "You know, I haven’t decided"