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61 " So about this Leon god thing? I don’t know of any gods named Leon. Is he like the red-headed stepchild god that no one claims? "
― Jennifer L. Armentrout , Deity (Covenant, #3)
62 " I’d taken to hanging around the training rooms even on the days Seth and I wouldn’t practice. I knew that Aiden would eventually find me there. We didn’t talk about being afraid again, but we sort of just… hung out… in the training room.It sounded lame, but it was like the old times, before everything got so incredibly screwed up. Sometimes Leon popped in on us. He never seemed surprised or suspicious. Not even the last time, when we’d been sitting with our backs against the wall, arguing about whether or not ghosts existed.I didn’t believe in them.Aiden did.Leon had thought we were both idiots.But damn, I looked forward to it. Just sitting there and talking. No training. No trying to tap in and use akasha. Those moments with Aiden, even when Leon decided to join us, were my favorite part of the day. "
63 " Él no era mi existencia. Yo era mi propia existencia. "
64 " The Sun God.I was staring at the mother effin’ Sun God… "
65 " You okay to make it back to the bed?”I nodded. “It’s not my fault. Leon—Apollo—whoever he is—didn’t fix me right. Godly powers my—”“I did fix you, but you were dead. Give me some credit,” Apollo said.I jumped, smacking my hand on my chest. Apollo sat on the edge of the toilet seat, one leg crossed over the other.Beside me, Aiden bowed stiffly. “My master.”“Oh, my gods,” I said. “Seriously. Are you trying to kill me again by giving me a heart attack?”Apollo tipped his head at Aiden. “I’ve already told you. You don’t need to do the ‘master’ and bowing business with me.” Little sparks of electricity rimmed those all-white eyes. “Why are you out of bed? Doesn’t getting stabbed warrant some downtime?” He smiled at Aiden, who was now standing. “She really is hard to take care of, isn’t she?”Aiden looked a little pale. “Yeah…”“I… I felt gross.”Apollo disappeared from the bathroom and popped up behind Aiden. Marcus took a step back, his eyes wide. He bowed too, and I really thought for a moment that Marcus was going to drop to his knees.“Good gods,” Aiden said under his breath as he led me out of the bathroom.I stared at the hulking god in the corner of the room as I climbed back into bed. “Did anyone know about this? "
66 " I followed Aiden into the kitchen. My steps slowed as I saw everyone gathered around the table. “What’s going…?”Deacon and Luke stepped to the side. “Happy Birthday!” they cried in unison.My gaze fell to the table. There sat a birthday cake, decorated with eighteen burning candles and… Spider-man? Yep, it was Spider-man. Red and blue tights and all.“It was either that or My Little Pony,” Luke said, grinning. “We figured you’d appreciate Spider-man more.”“Plus he’s all wicked cool with the whole climbing buildings stuff,” Deacon added. “Maybe one day, when you decide to Awaken, you’ll be just as cool.”“I lit the candles,” Solos said, shrugging. “All by myself.”“I gave them the money.” Marcus folded his arms. “Therefore I was the key part of all of this.”“And we got grape soda.” Luke gestured at the bottles of soda. “It’s your favorite.”“This… this is… wow. "
67 " You should feel akasha now. Tap into it. Picture what you want in your mind.” I wanted a taco, but I doubted akasha could serve me up some Taco Bell. Gods, I’d do some terrible things for Taco Bell right about now. "
68 " you’ll still be agapi mou, "
69 " Pero Aiden no actuaria en consecuencia. Tenia el tipo de autocontrol que rivalizaba con el de esas sacerdotisas virgenes que servian en los templos de artemisa. "