Releasing The Gods (The Titan's Saga #1)- Leia Stone Page 0,48

say, big man,” I said, as sweetly as I could, all while I was stabbing him to death in my head. “We all know what’s important to you.”

That last statement halted him for a brief moment, before he shook his head and strode out of the water, dragging me behind him with our bond.

“Come on. We need to find my ex. I think she’s in trouble.”

Great. Just what I want to do after grinding on you.

#FML

Chapter 15

Cronus magicked us across the world again like it was no big deal and I was starting to seriously wonder what this god was capable of, power-wise. We were back in those woods where we’d had the bonfire with Queen Bitch, but this time they were stinky and decaying. All the trees were blackened at the base and … slimy.

“Yuck. Did Sickness do this?” I kept my arms at my sides. No way was I going round two on that plague thing.

“Yes. Which means Rhea isn’t doing her job, which means she’s probably dead.” He didn’t sound like that would bother him all that much and that made me smile. #NotaPsycho #IveBeenTested

“Rhea!” he bellowed.

“Over here!” a familiar voice called out. It took me a moment to place it, and I was blaming the fact that I’d been eighty-percent dead when I’d heard it. Pretty sure it was Panacea.

Cronus started running, which meant I had no choice but to follow. We were both still soaking wet and I could go for a nice hot bath and dry clothes right about now. I’d just survived the fucking plague. I needed a damn five-hour nap and a cheese pizza. But no, I was running.

“What’s happened?” He halted and I slammed into his back. It was our favorite couple move. He stopped like a brick wall and tried to break my nose on said wall.

“Careful, newly back from the dead human here,” I growled.

He knelt and gave me a view of a pale Rhea. She lay on a bed of leaves, shaking with cold.

“He’s too strong. Something’s different this time,” she rasped between shivers. “It took every ounce of my power to freeze him for twenty-four hours, but if we can’t put him back in the box by then…”

Cronus nodded. “Humanity dies.”

Shit. I know I should have cared about the whole humanity dies part, but all I got from that was that Rhea could fucking freeze people. #IceQueen

“We need Hyperion,” she choked out again.

Panacea was waving her glowing wand up and down the Titan’s body and it seemed to be helping.

“Yes. I know. There was a complication with that,” Cronus told his ex.

Her eyes narrowed. “Well, fucking figure it out, Cronus. I’m risking my life here!”

Excuse me?

I waited for Cronus to verbally bitchslap her but he said nothing.

“Don’t talk to him like that!” I snapped at her. “He’s the reason you even have a life. Have a little fucking respect, ice queen.”

I threw the nickname in at the end, and by the wide-eyed, open-mouth, shocked expression Rhea gave me, it had maximum effect.

She recovered quickly. “Get Hyperion and take your human with you before I kill her!” Rhea roared, cold mist floating out of her mouth as she screamed.

When Cronus spun, he was grinning ear to ear.

Fuck me. My legs went weak. He had a dimple in his right cheek and oh my God his teeth were straight and white and perfect. It had now become my life mission to make this man smile as much as I could.

He grasped my hand. “Come on, human.”

Just a moment ago he’d been pushing me off him, now he was smiling and winking and I was so confused. Why couldn’t we just make babies together? It would be good for the planet, right? Little moon-time-traveling-god-babies.

“Keep him frozen, Rhea!” he called out over his shoulder.

“Twenty-four hours! Find Hyperion,” she barked back. Bitch did not sound like she was dying now. #AndTheOscarGoesTo

As we walked away, I tugged on Cronus’ hand. “Why is Hyperion so important?”

He stopped and faced me. “Hyperion birthed three gods. The god of the sun, the goddess of dawn, and your mother, the goddess of the moon.”

My eyes widened. “So if Selene is my ancestor, or maybe even mother—because that was still an unsolved mystery—then this dude is like my grandpa?”

Cronus chuckled. “I’m sure he’d love if you called him that.”

I rolled my eyes. “So he’s powerful because...?”

Cronus pulled me into his body, tucking me closely against him. “Because he can harness the elements. He can also boost other gods’