The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4)

by Rick Riordan

Before I could do anything embarrassing—like hug him, or cry, or start believing I was a worthwhile individual

This was how it ended, I thought bitterly. Not fighting threats from the outside, but fighting against the ugliest side of our own history.

“Foul undead thing,” she said, her voice hard and bright with power. “When a good woman puts you down, you had best stay down.”