I canโt believe how much this place has grown,โ Hazel muttered. The taxi driver grinned in the rearview mirror. โBeen a long time since you visited, miss?โ โAbout seventy years,โ Hazel said. The driver slid the glass partition closed and drove on in silence.
Rick RiordanPiper, youโre the strongest, most powerful beauty queen Iโve ever met. You can trust yourself. For what itโs worth, you can trust me too.
Rick RiordanIโll leave you guys to get acquainted. Somebody show Leo to dinner when itโs time?โ โI got it,โ one of the girls said. Nyssa, Leo remembered. She wore camo pants, a tank top that showed off her buff arms, and a red bandanna over her mop of dark hair. Except for the smiley-face Band-Aid on her chin, she looked like one of those female action heroes, like any second she was going to grab a machine gun and start mowing down evil aliens. โCool,โ Leo said. โI always wanted a sister who could beat me up.
Rick RiordanWeโre staying together,โ he promised. โYouโre not getting away from me. Never again.โ Only then did she understand what would happen. A one-way trip. A very hard fall. โAs long as weโre together,โ she said. She heard Nico and Hazel still screaming for help. She saw sunlight far, far above- maybe the last sunlight she would ever see. Then Percy let go of his ledge, and together, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness.
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