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Piper drew her dagger Jason grabbed an ice-covered plank off the pool floor Leo reached into his tool belt, but he was so shaken up, all he produced was a tin of breathnobody had noticed, and drew a hammer instead
One of the wolves padded forward It was dragging a hue of the pool, the wolf opened its maw and dropped the statue for theirl, an archer with short spiky hair and a surprised look on her face
"Thalia!" Jason rushed forward, but Piper and Leo pulled hiround around Thalia’s statue was already webbed with ice Leo feared if Jason touched her, he ht freeze too
"Who did this?" Jason yelled His body crackled with electricity "I’ll kill you myself!"
Frohter, clear and cold She stepped out of theblack hair She regarded theht were so beautiful in Quebec
"Bon soir, ave Leo a frosty smile "Alas, son of Hephaestus, you say you need time? I’m afraid time is one tool you do not have"
AFTER THE FIGHT ON MOUNT DIABLO, Jason didn’t think he could ever feel more afraid or devastated
Now his sister was frozen at his feet He was surrounded by olden sword and replaced it with a piece of wood He had approxiiants busted out and destroyed the down Zeus’s lightning when he’d fought Enceladus, and he doubted he’d have the strength or the cooperation froain Which oddess, one sort-of girlfriend with a dagger, and Leo, who apparently thought he could defeat the armies of darkness with breath mints
On top of all this, Jason’s worstback He knew for certain he’d done s in his life, but he’d never been closer to death than he was right now
The ene, as a dagger of ice grew in her hand
"What’ve you done?" Jason deoddess purred "Your sister’s not dead, if that’s what you mean She and her Hunters will ht we’d defrost them one at a time and hunt them down for amusement Let them be the prey for once"
The wolves snarled appreciatively
"Yes, my dears" Khione kept her eyes on Jason "Your sister al, you know Lycaon’s off in a cave so his wounds, but his e for their master And soon Porphyrion will arise, and we shall rule the world"
"Traitor!" Hera shouted "You oddess! You aren’t worthy to pour hed "Tireso to shut you up for millennia"
Khione waved her hand, and ice encased the prison, sealing in the spaces between the earthen tendrils
"That’s better," the snow goddess said "Now, deods, about your death--"
"You’re the one who tricked Hera into co Olympus"
The wolves snarled, and the storm spirits whinnied, ready to attack, but Khione held up her hand "Patience, , and time is on our side Of course, Jason Grace Like snow, entle, and very cold It’s easy for ods, especially when I a their own deepest fears I also whispered in Aeolus’s ear that he should issue an order to kill deods It is a small service for Gaea, but I’iants come to power"
"You could’ve killed us in Quebec," Jason said "Why let us live?"
Khione wrinkled her nose "Messy business, killing you inall visitors I did try, you rereed to turn you to ice But once he’d given you guarantee of safe passage, I couldn’t openly disobey him My father is an old fool He lives in fear of Zeus and Aeolus, but he’s still powerful Soon enough, when my new masters have awakened, I will depose Boreas and take the throne of the North Wind, but not just yet Besides, my father did have a point Your quest was suicidal I fully expected you to fail"
"And to help us with that," Leo said, "you knocked our dragon out of the sky over Detroit Those frozen wires in his head--that was your fault You’re gonna pay for that"
"You’re also the one who kept Enceladus inforued by snowstorms the whole trip"