Somewhere behind me, Zia yelled, "Hippo!" Which I thought was a little late. ~Carter Kane

I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.

She stared at me. "Fly, ;ole, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, AND carrying a weapon that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb?" "Yeah," I said. "Pretty much exactly like that.

Oh, I wouldn't say Love always makes you happy. Sometimes it makes you incredibly sad.

Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!

Thalia's shoulders relaxed. "I owe you one." "Two." "One and a half," Thalia said. She smiled, and for a second, I remembered that I actually liked her when she wasn't yelling at me.

Sugar and caffeine. My willpower crumbled.