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Apollo and I share a look as we bite back snickers.
Athena on the other hand looked like she was going to jump the table toward her half-sister. as she opens her mouth, the Sun God cuts her off with a loud booming voice, “Athena, that’s enough!” He takes a deep breath, “Your brown nosing is ruining my ability to enjoy supper.”
His crooked smile flashed to me.
“Remember my warning,” Ari mutters. Her voice is sounding extremely annoyed. “The court will take everything from you if you let it. Your freedom. Your life. Your heart.”
Not like I have a choice. I refuse and they probably could slip the ambrosia into my food or force it down my throat.
“Better fighting than taking it on your back,” Arista snarks as she pushes the food around on her plate. If Ari and Artemis could meet, I think they’d be great friends. They’re so similar to one another that sometimes I need to focus on who I'm talking to.
I take a sip on my ambrosia. The liquid dances on my tongue like butterflies through a garden.
“Moron,” mutters Arista.
The doors burst open. A bloodied guard limps into the room.
Artemis and Apollo stand. Ready for attack.
“Lord Apollo, Lady Artemis, Commander Athena,” he bows stiffly, a large black oozing cute from his arm spills onto the floor. “There’s a shadowed cloaked person in the place.” The guard cups his forearm.
Even from this distance, I can tell he is badly injured. Black inky blood is splattered on the floor behind and under him.
“Shadows,” whispers Arista almost excitedly.
I shoot her a look. Signaling that this isn’t the time to be gleeful. Someone is injured and heavily bleeding out on the floor of the dining room.
“He needs help now,” I turn to Apollo. “If we can’t get that bleeding under control he'll bleed out.”
Looking over to the Sun God, I see fear leaking into his position. Ready to attack.
He ignores me. “Tell me what you know,” booms Apollo.
“A… a god. He has to be. With a helm strapped into his hip.” The guard whimpered from pain. “In the gardens.”
“Apollo,” I stress. “Send for Chiron. He needs help now.”
This is beyond what I’m capable of healing. Especially without any potions or remedies.
Golden eyes flash in my direction, “Do not give me orders. I'm busy.” Turning away from me, he turns to the guards around the room. Apollo orders “Guards half of you follow me to the gardens, half of you stay to watch Artemis and Pandy. Athena, come with me.”
Artemis is affronted and whips out her bow and arrows, “Brother, you and I have been trained for battle since we were children. You can’t expect me to sit here and wait here like some damsel in distress. I'm not in need of protection.” Wielding her weapon, she posed like she was ready to defend herself.
“I'm not worried about you,” his eyes dart to me. “Please.”
Crossing her arms, she pouts, “Fine. But when you don’t catch him, don’t come crying to me.”
“Apollo isn’t the type to cry. No, he is more of the type to blow up when someone doesn’t let him get his way,” mutters Ari.
Arista, how could you possibly know that? He has been a great host to us. Following the Laws of Xenia as expected.
“Like when he kidnapped you?” Ari whispers, “Just you wait,”
Please don’t talk about him this way. I think I may love him.
A realization that I have been coming closer and closer to accepting.
And I think he loves me.
