“Just tell anyone that asks that you were holed up in your room with the flu,” Leo says. “Yeah? And how’s Hedeon gonna explain why he’s hobbling around like an old man, and why Kade’s missing half an ear?” Dean snorts. “You better just worry how you’re going to explain to Cat how your ‘quick and simple field trip to help Ares’ turned into a week-long excursion that almost got us all killed,” Anna says to Dean. “Don’t remind me,” Dean says, miserably. “She’s gonna fucking kill me.” “Don’t worry,” Anna says, sweetly. “I’m sure you won’t even see it coming when she does.”
