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And with that, theinto the depths of a burning ocean The civilians around us chattered excitedly, checking their phones to see if they’d stored all the footage,a publicity stunt h social media A tiny part of me was relieved Maybe the Lorica’s cleanup wouldn’t have to be so bad after all
But a larger part of ? And justice? I gritted my teeth It was just like the entities to jump to conclusions They could hardly be bothered by the Eldest returning, yet one little conversation with the Great Beasts and I was suddenly public enemy number one Goddamn entities Assholes, the lot of them
Prudence held her phone to her ear, speaking rapidly, already calling for a cleanup Asher shook his head as he looked out to the sea, its surfacechunks of ice I se all the wet sand on my butt
“So,” I said “That was intense What the hell was all that about?”
Asher folded his ar forbefore he spoke up “Oh, you weren’t kidding So you really had no idea who that dude was?”
I sighed “I’ods shows up to threaten
chitchat with Tiaet it”
“Um, Dust? That wasn’t an emissary” Asher’s brows furroith both frustration and concern “Are you seriously telling me that you didn’t notice his trident?”
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Soentlee would refer to as a hipster: thick beard, impeccably cut and styled silver hair, and a body chiseled out of ine a facsied from the ocean, his bronzed skin deith seawater
I a trident
“It really was him, then,” I hissed “Now Poseidon’s on my ass, too?”
Carver shook his head, his fingers ical reflex on his part, or if liches were even capable of getting headaches Sterling sat tight-lipped, the cigarette between his fingers burning to ash Norover
We were still on Lucero Beach, the sun now set, gathered around the sa the afternoon with the others The point of heading out to the pier, as I recalled, was to catch the sunset We caught it, all right, along with quite a few other outrageous sights
Carver had teleported to our location with Sterling in tow just as soon as I called him to report about Scylla’s appearance The Lorica was on the scene, too I wasn’t sure where he was, but Royce was so orders at his people, especially the Mouths he’d brought to delete memories off of normals who had witnessed the aquatic thron between Poseidon and Scylla