Run!” Piper said. “We are running!” Jason picked up the speed. “Run better!” Leo shouted.

I didn’t know baboons could drive recreational vehicles, but Khufu did okay. When I woke up around dawn, he was navigating through the early morning rush hour in Houston, baring his fangs and barking a lot, and none of the other drivers seemed to notice anything out of the ordinary.

I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.

Indeed, "Hera said. ―Porphyrion, the strongest of his kind. Gaea needed a great deal of power to raise him again —my power. For weeks I‘ve grown weaker as my essence was used to grow him a new form." ―So you‘re like a heat lamp,"Leo guessed. ―Or fertilizer.

You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.

The store had a hand-painted sign the read: MOOSE PASS GAS. "That's just wrong," Frank said.

Annabeth's voice caught on the word friend. Percy was a lot more than that. Even boyfriend really didn't cover it. They'd been through so much together, at this point Percy was part of her--a sometimes annoying part, sure, but definitely a part she could not live without.