Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards.
With my sister perched on my arm, I walked to the elevator. A business man with a rolling suitcase was waiting by the doors. His eyes widened as he saw me. I must’ve looked pretty strange—a tall black...
With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight.
Wisdom's daughter walks alone,The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
Will Solace sighed. He was, of course, tied to Nico. He propped his elbow on Nico’s shoulder as if the son of Hades were a convenient shelf.
Where's the gold? I demanded. Don't make me unleash my sword's playlist.
Stupid rock gods! Leo yelled from the helm. That’s the time I’ve had to replace that mast! You think they grow on trees?Nico frowned. Masts from trees.That’s not the point!
Staying silent, staying away from him... that was the hardest thing I've ever done.
Something was wrong with Luke, Annabeth muttered, poking at the fire with her knife. Did you notice the way he was acting?He looked pretty pleased to me, I said. Like he'd spent a nice day torturing h...
So let me get this straight, Carter said. The two guys you liked—one who was dying and one who was off-limits because he’s a god—are now one guy, who isn’t dying and isn’t off-limits. And you’re compl...
So Aphrodite married Hephaestus and the celebrity ship Aphrophaestus completely dominated Olympian tabloid news for like a thousand years. Did they live happily ever after? HAHAHAHAHA. No.
She glanced at the minotaur horn in my hands, then back at me. I imagined she was going to say, or
Rowww! Bast wailed. The wrecking ball rolled straight over her, but she didn’t appear hurt. She leaped off and pounced aain. Her knives sliced through the metal like wet clay. Within seconds, the wrec...
Reyna had always thought of Jason Grace as the all-American boy. Thalia looked more like the girl who robbed all-American boys at knifepoint in an alley.
Percy, my mom said. I give you my blessing.Be safe brother! Tyson pleaded.Enchiladas! Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but it didn't seem to help much.
Otis barreled towards them empty-handed, before apparently realizing that a) he was empty-handed and b) charging towards a large body of water to fight a son of Poseidon was maybe not a good idea.
One of these days, I would love to exit a world without being pursued by an angry mob.
On a basketball court, five players were in the middle of an intense game. They wore assortment of jerseys from different American teams, and they all seemed keen to win—grunting and snarling at each...
Oh, lord. I was beginning to think like Neith. Soon I'd be huddled in an underground bunker eating army rations and cackling as I sewed together the pockets of all the boys who'd jilted me.
Of course, even without my help, other forces would keep the cosmos chugging along. Many different belief systems powered the revolution of the planets and stars. Wolves would still chase Sol across t...