Please tell me your master isn't Aeolus.That airhead? Favonius snorted. No, of course not.He means Eros. Nico's voice turned edgy. Cupid, in Latin.Favonius smiled. Very good, Nico di Angelo. I'm glad...
You stood up to the dragon so Beckendorf would have his chance to jump - now was brave.Or pretty stupid.Percy, you're a brave guy, she said. Just take the compliment. I swear, is it so hard?
You will not find love where you wish or where you hope.
Leo resisted the urge to throw a grenade in Frank's face. I suppose I should know who Pelops was?He was a prince, won his wife in a chariot race. Supposedly he started the Olympic games in honor of th...
Grover: It’s a very sweet love story. I get misty-eyed every time I play it. So does Percy, but I think that’s because he’s laughing at me.
I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.
Hoover Dam, Thalia said. It's huge.We stood at the river's edge, looking up at a curve of concrete that loomed between the cliffs. People were walking along the top of the dam. They were so tiny they...
Percy says be talked to a Nereid in Charleston Harbor!Good for him! Leo yelled back. The Nereid said we should seek help from Chiron’s brothers.What does that mean? The Party Ponies? Leo had never met...
But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!Chiron and Grover glanced nervously at the sky. The clouds didn't seem to be parting around us, as Grover had promised. They were rolling straight ov...
You both passed out, Percy said. I don’t know why, but Ella told me not to worry about it. She said you were…sharing?Sharing, Ella agreed. She crouched in the stern, preening her wing feathers with he...
Nico, you can do this, Jason said. It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter.Nico didn't look convinced. In fact he looked like he was going to be sick. But he squared his shoulders and nodde...
Naturally, Coach Hedge went ballistic; but Percy found it hard to take the satyr seriously since he was barely five feet tall.Never in my life! Coach bellowed, waving his bat and knocking over a plate...
I started to walk away, but she [Clarisse] called out, Percy?Yeah?When you, uh, had that vision about your friends...You were one of them, I promised, Just don't tell anybody, okay? Or I'de have to ki...
You're Bes, I guess? I said.Yes, he said.Your car's a mess, Liz muttered.If one more person rhymes, Emma grumbled, I'll throw up.
The story of Psyche finally made sense to him- why a mortal girl would be so afraid. Why would she risk breaking the rules to look the god of love in the face, because she feared he might be a monster...
Pluto claimed that in ancient times, all humans had been a combination of male and female. Each person had two heads, four arms, four legs. Supposedly, these combo-humans had been so powerful they mad...
You sneaked into my cabin?Annabeth rolled her eyes. Percy, you’ll be seventeen in two months. You can’t seriously be worried about getting in trouble with Coach Hedge.Uh, have you seen his baseball ba...
Argh! Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the water. Some of the campers gasped. A couple of the Hunters stifled laughs.Sorry! Thalia said, turning p...
I want a room decorated with bones! Dan said. Where'd they come from?Cemeteries, Amy said. Back in the 1700s, the cemeteries were getting overcrowded, so they decided to dig up tons of old bodies–all...
Hermes smiled. I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really., George said. Martha snapped. Hermes ignored them. One night, when this boy's mother wasn't watching, he sneaked...