Now, leave. All three boys slumped forward. Percy fell face-first into his pizza. Percy! Annabeth grabbed him.
Down in the water, Octavian yelled, Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!Tempting, Percy called down.
We still should have enough time to reach Rome.Hazel scowled. When you say …Leo shrugged. How do you feel about ?Hazel put her face in her hands for a count of three. Sounds about typical for us.
If we can’t repair things with the Romans—well, the two sets of demigods have gotten along. That’s why the gods kept us separate. I don’t know if we could ever belong there.Percy didn’t want to argue...
Forget the chicken-nugget smoke screen. Percy wanted Leo to invent an anti-dream hat.
Piper had a new entry in her top-ten list of . Fighting Shrimpzilla with a dagger and a pretty voice? Not so effective.
This is Annabeth, Jason said. Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.
Festus just detected a large group of eagles behind us—long-range radar, still not in sight.Piper leaned over the console. Are you sure they’re Roman?Leo rolled his eyes. No, Pipes. It could be a rand...
He turned to Frank who was trying to pull his fingers out of the Chinese handcuffs…Okay, Frank relented. Sure. He frowned at his fingers, trying to pull them out of the trap. Uh, how do you—Leo chuckl...
Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.
He’d learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly side of things. After Tyson the Cyclops adopted him as a brother, Percy decided that that was about a...
Hazel! he yelled. That box! Open it!She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. Te label read WARNING. DO NOT OPEN. Open it! Leo yelled again.
If not for the horses, Piper would've died.
I could have killed you.Or I could have killed you, Percy said. Jason shrugged. If there’d been an ocean in Kansas, maybe.I don’t need an ocean—Boys, Annabeth interrupted, I’m sure you both would’ve b...
Very slowly, using only two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as far as she could into the water.Octavian made a squeaking sound. What was that for? I didn’t say...
It's okay, he said. We're together. He didn't say , or . After all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together. She loved him for saying t...
I still don't understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta.Leo snorted. What's a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird.
This is Buford, Leo announced. You name your furniture? Frank asked.
I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts -Leo Valdez
Coach Hedge grumbled as he tended their wounds. How come I never get invited on these violent trips?