Sunaina Deepak

“Though the Underworld is my realm, I am often restricted in my movements,’ said Hades. He sat to Nico’s left and put his hat aside, then gazed at him with his dark eyes. ‘I believed there was no demigod better suited to rescuing Bob from Nyx’s clutches than you.’
Nico barked a laugh – he couldn’t help himself.
‘I fail to see what is so amusing,’ said Hades.
Nico grinned. ‘I just remember a time when you were annoyed that I wasn’t as good as Bianca at being a demigod.’
Hades frowned. ‘I never said that.’
‘Totally did,’ said Nico.
‘That doesn’t sound like me.’
Bianca hid a laugh in a cough, and Maria scowled at Hades.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“I’ll get you back home, Will Solace,’ Bob said. ‘You saved me. Now it is time for me to save you.’
Nico stirred against his chest. ‘Yeah,’ he said. ‘Let others do the saving, Will.’
Will hugged Nico tight. ‘Shhh, my little ball of darkness,’ he said.
‘We don’t need your sarcasm right now.’
Nico grunted a laugh. ‘You live for my sarcasm.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“Even if you do, Nico di Angelo isn’t leaving,’ she said. ‘Isn’t that right, my child?’
‘I’m not your child.’ Nico seethed. ‘My mother is Maria di Angelo, and she loved me and my sister.’
‘And where are they now?’
It was like she had slapped him across the face.
Don’t give in to her, he thought, and he felt Will squeeze his hand again. It’s what she wants.
Still, Nico couldn’t stop the tear that rolled down his cheek. ‘They’re dead,’ he said. ‘They have been for a while.’
‘And it burns you up inside, doesn’t it?”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“They said I belonged with them,’ said Will. ‘That I was lonely,
even with you.’
Nico’s heart sank. ‘What?’
‘Not all the time, Nico,’ said Will, shooting him a sad look. ‘Just
sometimes. When I’m not sure if you’ve let me in.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star