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I thought about May Castellan, alone in her kitchen, baking cookies and making sandwiches for a son who would never come home.
Hermes unwrapped Luke's face and kissed his forehead.
He murmured some words in Ancient Greek - a final blessing.
'Farewell, he whispered. Then he nodded, and allowed the Fates to carry away his son's body.

“We need a shroud,” I announced, my voice cracking. “A shroud for the son of Hermes.”

She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doing the same thing. The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

Kronos loomed over Annabeth, his sword raised. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth. She croaked,
“Family, Luke. You promised.”

Grover's music kept playing and grass grew around Ethan's body. Ethan stared at me, his face tight with pain.
“Deserve better,” he gasped. “If they just . . . had thrones—“
Kronos stomped his foot, and the floor ruptured around Ethan Nakamura. The son of Nemesis fell through a fissure that went straight through the heart of the mountain - straight into open air.

Silena took a heavy, painful breath. “Forgive me.” “Youre not dying,” Clarisse insisted.
“Charlie...” Silena's eyes were a million miles away. “See Charlie…”
She didn't speak again.
Clarisse held her and wept. Chris put a hand on her shoulder.
Finally Annabeth closed Silena's eyes.

Before I could lose my courage, I said, “Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?”
I figured she would punch me. Instead, she drew her knife and stared at the army marching towards us. “Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see.”

“Hold on, Seaweed Brain.” It was Annabeth's voice, much clearer now. "You're not getting away from me that easily.”
I could see Annabeth now - standing barefoot above me on the canoe-lake pier. I'd fallen out of my canoe. That was it. She was reaching out her hand to haul me up, and she was trying not to laugh.

I found myself staring at her, which was stupid since I'd seen her a billion times. She was about the same height as me this summer, which was a relief. Still, she seemed so much more mature. It was kind of intimidating. I mean sure, she'd always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful.

Beckendorf was supposed to go to college in the fall. He had a girlfriend, lots of friends, his whole life ahead of him. He couldn't be gone. [..] I knew in my gut he was dead. He'd sacrificed himself to take out the Princess Andromeda, and I had abandoned him.

chapter 1 and TOO MUCH happened already.

Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me.
And then she did something that surprised me even more.
She kissed me.

AHHHH WHAT

“i don’t care about Kronos. I just want my sister back.”

🙁🙁

“stars, i can see the stars again, my lady.”
“yes, my brave one. they are beautiful tonight.”
“stars.” her eyes fixed on the night sky. and she did not move again. I saw that the stars were brighter now. They made a pattern I had never noticed before - a gleaming constellation that looked a lot like a girl's figure - a girl with a bow, running across the sky.

He turned, and his one enormous eye widened. His face broke into a crooked yellow grin. “Percy!”
He dropped the sword blade and ran at me, trying to give me a hug. The vision blurred and I instinctively lurched back. “Tyson, it's an Iris-message. I'm not really here.” “Oh.” He came back into view, looking embarrassed. “Oh, I knew that. Yes.”

“You'll make the best weapons ever” I told Tyson. I held up my watch proudly. “I bet they'll tell good time, too,”
Tyson sniffled. “Brothers help each other.”
"You're my brother,” I said. “No doubt about it.”
He patted me on the back so hard he almost knocked me down the sand dune. Then he wiped a tear from his cheek and stood to go.

“we owe our lives to Tyson, Percy’s…”
“brother! tyson, my baby brother.”
tyson blushed. the crowd cheered. annabeth planted a kiss on my cheek.


TYSON AND PERCY 😭😭😭

“But I got scared. Monsters chased me so much, clawed me sometimes”
“The scars on your back?”
A tear welled in his eye. “Sphinx on Seventy-second Street. Big bully. I prayed to Daddy for help. Soon the people at Meriwether found me. Met you. Biggest blessing ever. Sorry I said Poseidon was mean. He sent me a brother.”
I stared at the watch that Tyson had made me

MY BABY IM GONNA CRY MY ANGEL 😭😭

MY BABY IS BACK 😭😭😭

She started to sob - I mean horrible, heartbroken sobbing. She put her head on my shoulder and I held her.