Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)

by Jasmine Mas

There were two divisive factions of Spartans: Chthonic Houses and Olympian Houses.

But at the turn of the twenty-first century, the peace shattered. The Great War started. The four Chthonic Houses attacked the fifty Olympian Houses in a bid to overthrow the federation and seize power over Sparta.

all remaining Chthonics—and any sons they bore, as well as the dark creatures who sided with them—were in charge of handling earth’s Titan problem. They called this new organization the Assembly of Death.

Spartan Gladiator Competition.

The Titans had arrived in the year 2050, and the world had crumbled.

there were only ten Chthonic Spartans in existence, and only five were currently qualified

Since the Great War, only five Chthonic children had been born. Everyone knew who they were. Augustus, Kharon, Patro, Achilles, and Helen. Technically, there was another child—Medusa—but she was incarcerated in the underworld, which was the infamous maximum-security Spartan prison.

Chthonics didn’t join the assembly until immortality at twenty years old, there was only one Chthonic male heir—full-blooded Chthonic—who was of age right now to fight with the leaders. Augustus, heir to the House of Ares.

Kharon, the eighteen-year-old son of Artemis and Erebus.

Augustus’s sister, Helen, was the eight-year-old heiress of the House of Aphrodite.

two rare half humans called mutts: Patro and Achilles.

Patro of the House of Aphrodite was thirteen years old, and Achilles of the House of Ares was fourteen.

I was blind and deaf on my left side.

The Crimson Duo—Patro of the House of Aphrodite and Achilles of the House of Ares—were the most famous members of the Assembly of Death.

It would tear you into pathetic pieces and boil your womb. You can’t even fathom what we feel.” Riveting. Sounds like an average menstrual cycle.

Thagorean—advanced math coupled with philosophy. Second, Lost Classical Lore—which focuses on archaic history in Latin. Third, Discipline and Power, D and P for short—the most useful class by far, since it covers powers, Spartan oaths, mental shielding, and leaping.” “You said there were four?” I asked. Patro smirked. “The fourth is less of a class and more of a long challenge, which starts after the summer. It’s bonding with an animal protector.”