I stared at him (Dionysus). "You're...you're married? But I thought you got in trouble for chasing a wood nymph-

In person, if possible, Anubis was even more drop-dead gorgeous. [Oh . . . ha, ha. I didn't catch the pun, but thank you, Carter. God of the dead, drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, hilarious. Now, may I continue?]

I wanted to keep things as normal as possible for the trainees, so I led my usual morning class. I called it Magic Problem-Solving 101. The trainees called it Whatever Works.

Maybe being home schooled, Carter didn’t realize that “test” is normally a bad thing.

I hoped I wasn't blushing. It was bad enough I had to depend on my mom to drive me to my battles.

Vitellius would've given Percy an hour-long lecture on the subject, probably with a PowerPoint presentation.

Glad you're back to normal. The makeup and the dress were a lot more intimidating than the dagger." "Get going, Sparky, before I skewer you." "Sparky?