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I stopped wigglingto need to talk about the whole staying here forever part, but first, what do you ht?"

His shoulder brushed mine as he stared out over the ocean "Remember when I told you before that I could barely feel aether in you? Yours has always been strong--alod’s, but like I said before, I can barely sense it now"

"Oh Yeah" I bit down on my lip and then winced when I bit the cut in ht Nor now" Seth turned his head toward , but it’s the truth"

"I will get better," I told hiain Not even for that deod"

I forced myself to remain patient as I explained what I felt was obvious "I cannot forget about him, Seth You don’t understand I know just a little bit of what he’s been through, and that’s enough to not be able to walk away frooes out there and risks their lives"

"Why not?" he shot back "Haven’t you already lost enough? Sacrificed enough, Josie? You’ve lost your grandparents and then your mother Your friend Erin? Who knows if she’s really alive? Apollo could’ve lied about that also" He shot to his feet, pacing Over his shoulder, I saw thick, gray clouds fore and your friends Your whole life has been turned upside down You were held captive, not once but twice You’ve given enough"

My heart started thu as tears pricked my eyes "So have you, Seth"

He stopped "And look at iven up, it sure as hell paid off in the end for h and sacrifice You ods for Alex and Aiden without knowing you’d beco"

Thrusting a hand through his rowled low "None of that h, Josie Letacross the blue skies

Dropping to his knees in the sand beside me, he clasped my cheeks with his hands "I can end the Titans You and the other deods won’t have to face them"

In my chest, my heart twisted "Seth--"

"And I’ll free Mitchell," he continued "Even though I really don’t care about hi to say, but I only care about you"

"That’s not true" I wrapped ers around his wrists "You care about Alex and Aiden"

His brows rose "Only because I’m supposed to"

"Seth," I replied flatly

"Okay It would suck if so bad happened to them, especially Alex She will always be important tothat, I no longer did So the way, I’d accepted the special place in his heart that was reserved for Alex "Aiden? Well, I wouldn’t exactlyhappened to you again?" Lighting shot between the clouds, lighting up the sky in brilliant white "I would burn this fucking world to the ground and then I would destroy Oly my eyes, I didn’t dare doubt what he said "I know I know, but you can’t kill the Titans We have to ento the Titans"

Sliding my hands down his arms, I dropped my hands and opened my eyes "You do realize that we have to live on this planet"

Seth popped forward, kissed the tip ofthe Titans isn’t going to destroy the whole world I mean, shit I killed Atlas and there were just a couple of earthquakes"

"A couple of earthquakes that freed zombie daimons and probably killed some innocent people"