The Six Olympians

by Maria Alarcon

“How on earth did you make it rain, and most importantly … why aren’t you wet?”

Zack chuckles as he always does when I bring up fountains and bodies of water. What can I say? They intrigue me. Fountains are cool.

“You’re scared we will overthrow you?! Then that is exactly what we will do! Get ready for us, Kronos, because we,” he says, looking back down at us, “we were born for this!”

Maybe the situation isn’t a miracle, but them, all of them—they definitely are.

Zack and I are kissing … and the world around us is standing still … for us.

“Only one of the many reasons I’m here, my friend. Daniel Henley: gardener, Titan destroyer, and certified god therapist.”

“Aubrey, I have loved you our entire lives, for as long as we both can remember—possibly even before then. I am going to kiss you. I am going to save you. I got you—and there is nothing you can do to stop me.”