The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)

by Rick Riordan

“That’s a long way,” Nico said. “Plus, we don’t have…” His voice cracked. “You know…our sea expert, Percy.”

Aw stop he misses his crush sm!

Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy’s ear. “I love you.” She wasn’t sure he could hear her—but if they were going to die she wanted those to be her last words.

Pls i just want this

Next to her, Percy coughed. “This place smells like my ex-stepfather.”

Her Celestial bronze dagger was missing—the weapon she’d carried since she was seven years old. The realization almost broke her,

No stop

Keep climbing, he told himself. Cheeseburgers, his stomach replied. Shut up, he thought. With fries, his stomach complained.

Me 24/7

Percy was pretty sure Kelli had had a thing for Luke Castellan. Luke had that effect on girls—

Real!

“Actually, most animals hate me. They can sense death. But there’s something about this city.…” His expression turned grim. “Lots of death. Restless spirits. If I go, I may be able to keep them at bay. Besides, as you noticed, I speak Italian.”

He grew up too fast…remember when he had greek mythology cards :(

Nico hung his head almost as low as a katobleps. “I, uh…used to play this stupid card game when I was younger. Mythomagic. The katobleps was one of the monster cards.”

Aw stop

“It was in the Africanus Extreme expansion deck.” “Oh.” Their host cleared his throat. “Are you two done, ah, geeking out, as they say?”

I wish he coulx be that untraumatized kid again