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But Percy was down there … He was so close. She had to reach him.
He looked even better than he had six months ago – more tanned and taller, leaner and more muscular.
During their separation, something had happened to Annabeth’s feelings. They’d grown painfully intense – like she’d been forced to withdraw from a life-saving medication.
Percy rushed towards her at the same time. The crowd tensed. Some reached for swords that weren’t there.
‘On the bright side,’ Percy said, ‘both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.’
‘Yeah.’ Percy smiled. ‘We’ve got a dam hole.’
‘One of my children recently traded an eye for the ability to make a real difference in the world.’
The seventh wheel. Leo had heard of a fifth wheel – an extra, useless piece of equipment. He figured a seventh wheel was worse.
‘I’ll come back to you.’ He kissed her on the cheek. ‘Promise.’
‘Yeah, but … I could have killed you.’ ‘Or I could have killed you,’ Percy said.
Jason shrugged. ‘If there’d been an ocean in Kansas, maybe.’ ‘I don’t need an ocean –’
Percy had never been scared of water. It was his father’s element. But since the muskeg experience he’d developed a fear of suffocation.
Percy’s pulse was still in overdrive, but it wasn’t from fear of getting into trouble.
‘Because, Seaweed Brain, it’s the first time we really talked, you and me.
‘I’ll go with Frank and Mr Sneaky Jackson.
‘I will not be another skeleton on your floor,’
I am not going to die here, she told herself. I’m going to see Percy again.
The entrance had a triangular roof, typical Roman columns and an inscription across the top: M. AGRIPPA something or other.
seconds, and then he reported to his friends, ‘This is the Pantheon. It was originally built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to the gods.
Oh, there’s my happy thought for the day! Leo scolded himself.
‘Who is it?’ Leo called. ‘Valdez!’ Wolf Head bellowed. ‘Valdez who?’ Leo asked.
He turned her gently away from the pit and wrapped his arms around her. She buried her face in his chest and broke down in tears. ‘It’s okay,’ he said. ‘We’re together.’
‘We’re staying together,’ he promised. ‘You’re not getting away from me. Never again.’
‘As long as we’re together,’ she said.
he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness.
Nico twisted his silver skull ring. ‘Percy is the most powerful demigod I’ve ever met.
They would find this House of Hades. They’d take the Doors of Death. And by the gods, if Leo had to design a grabber arm long enough to snatch Percy and Annabeth out of Tartarus, then that’s what he would do.
