Releasing The Gods (The Titan's Saga #1)- Leia Stone Page 0,23
saying something about a Selene? How?
“I’m ... I’m not fully human?”
Something crossed Cronus’ face. Dare I say it was concern for me?
“You’ll be fine,” he said as if that verbal Band-Aid fixed everything.
You’ll be fine? He just got done telling me I was descended from one of the gods and I got a “You’ll be fine.” I didn’t even know who the hell Selene was!
“So, if this is wrapped up, want me to drop you near Mount Tarawera?” Thanatos asked.
Cronus snaked a hand around my waist and pulled me into him. “That would be fine. I’ll return with the elixir and then we can imprison Zeus for a few thousand years.”
The god of death gave a bark of laughter. “Sounds like old times.”
And with that, the darkness took me.
I’d barely had time to process the demi-god bomb and now I was being … teleported ... to New Zealand!
What. The. Hell?
Nausea rolled into me for a hot second, then searing light flashed before my eyes. All the while, Cronus had his arm tucked firmly around my waist, until finally my vision cleared and we were standing in what looked like the middle of a rainforest. Just Cronus and I, in the middle of nowhere.
I rounded on him. “Why didn’t you tell me the first night we met that I was a demi-god!” I seethed. I shook my head. “Fuck, why am I even surprised? You’ve never even asked my name. It’s Maisey, by the way. Maisey Hope Parker.”
He looked up at some mountain and then down at me as if I were an annoying fly. “Your name means nothing. It’s not who you are. And … I didn’t tell you about the demi-god thing because I didn’t want it to go to your head. You take enough pictures of yourself as it is.”
#NotTrue #OkayMaybe
“So, do I have powers?” I put a hand on my hip. I mean, if I was a demi-god, I totally had powers and I’d rather be warned about them now than have magic start shooting from my palms and hurt someone.
He looked like he was trying not to smile. “You’re a descendant of Selene, the moon goddess—half, might I add. The only power you’re likely to have manifest at this age is some glowing hair during your monthly cycle.”
WHAT? “Well, that can’t be all! And I’m just a descendent? So my mother was really my mother?”
Cronus shrugged. “I don’t actually know your story. Funnily enough, I can’t tell just by looking at you.” #SarcasticFucker
My fury must have shown on my face because he held placating hands up. “Just be grateful. You’re genetically blessed, and somehow have the blood of a god within you. Now, can we move to the task at hand? If we can snag this elixir, my power should be almost fully back and then Thanatos can help me defeat Zeus.”
He started to walk up the mountain and I had no choice but to follow him. “And after we defeat Zeus...?”
I was not in shape for a freaking hike up a mountain, but I wasn’t going to tell him that. Craning my neck, I looked at the top, which appeared to have been cut off and had definite volcano vibes.
“Then I find a way to detach us and we go on our merry way while I put the rest of the gods in their place and avenge my siblings’ deaths.”
My eyes bugged. “A very, very, safe way to detach us that does not end in my death, right?” Fuck, I couldn’t breathe and my legs were burning. Why did my monthly yoga not prepare me for this?
“Right.” His back was to me, so I couldn’t read the sincerity in his face, I would just have to believe it was there. “You’re panting. Do you need me to carry you?”
I scoffed. “Absolutely not!”
It’s called breathing heavily, you giant ass!
Why didn’t we bring water? This was how people ended up on the news. I set my head down and pushed forward, determined to climb this bitch all by myself.
Chapter 8
An hour later, draped over Cronus’ shoulder, we reached some type of flat path.
I tapped his back with a grin. “Servant, you may put me down now.”
Slowly, he slid me down the front of him, rubbing my chest against all his yummy bits. I’d have thought he was enjoying it if not for the deathly glare he’d pinned on me. I’d given in about seven minutes into our hike and declared that I must be carried or die.