“Sounds like it was Olympus liquor,” he chuckled. “Those can pack a punch.”
“You make your own booze here?”
“Yeah, of course. Dionysus owns the largest vineyard, distillery and brewery here in Olympus. He brews them so they’re strong enough to get gods and goddesses drunk.”
“No wonder. It usually takes alotof alcohol to get a shifter drunk.” She pressed a hand to her forehead and groaned. “Oh gods, I’m gonna have a major hangover tomorrow.”
Shifting from his position, Apollo crawled over to her. “Want me to make it better so you don’t have to wake up with a hangover?”
She turned her head to look up at him. “You can do that?”
“Of course.”
“Normally, I would tough it out.” She grinned. “I suppose I should take advantage of having a god for a mate.”
“Come here.” He opened his arms, and she easily slipped into them. Placing a hand over her forehead, he sent a wave of healing to her. “There. How do you feel?”
Glancing up at him, she blinked. “Completely sober. That’s amazing.”
“Good.”
“Almost too good,” she laughed. “Maybe I should have waited until morning when I actually had a hangover before you could cure me. I was enjoying the feeling of being tipsy without having to imbibe a whole case of liquor.”
Apollo tsked. “Oh, believe me, you don’t want to experience a hangover from Dionysus’s Thermopylae vodka, not even for one minute. It had Hercules swearing off alcohol for a month, and that guylovedto drink.” Sighing, he tucked her head under his chin. “Did you have a good girls’ night?” While Geri had been plenty occupied with the garden, he was still worried about her being lonely.
“Yeah, it was good. I was kinda intimidated by Aphrodite at first, but that was only because she held our fate in her hands. But she’s pretty cool.”
“True, she’s more than just a pretty face. And I’m just glad my sister is around again,” he said. “And that this whole Arcane business is behind us.” Hopefully, things would go smoothly from now on, and there would be no other incidents back in the Upperworld that would make her want to try to leave Olympus again.
“Yeah, about that.” Disentangling herself from him, Geri sat up. “About your sister…”
“Yeah? What about her?”
“Have you spoken to her recently? Like, really sat and talked with her since she’s been back?”
“No?” Actually, he hadn’t really seen her before tonight once the whole Arcane stuff was settled. “Why?”
“Hmm…” His mate tapped a finger on her chin. “Tell me about when you were last there in Alaska. How was she acting?”
“She was okay—although…” He scratched at the back of his head. “It was, I dunno, it was like she was avoiding me.”
“Avoiding you?” Geri leaned forward. “How? And why?”
“She was like a hyperactive rabbit—moreso than usual—hopping around the place, going in and out of the room. And as for the why…well, she only does that when she’s trying not to lie. Like, she can’t lie to save herself, so she’ll just avoid me rather than not tell the truth.”
“Interesting.” Geri’s eyes narrowed. “And Cade?”
“What about him?”
“How was he acting?”
He thought for a moment. “He was…Cade. You know. Silent. Broody. Silent McBroodypants.”
“You sure he wasn’t acting weird?”
“No. What is it you’re trying to say, Geri?”
She pressed her lips together. “I think something happened there. With them.”
