He looked out the rear-view window as if expecting to see Zeus himself right behind us.
“Another god is here looking for me. They’re putting out magical beacons to try and find my location. My wards are blocking it but just barely. Once my powers return, this won’t happen.”
Barely.
“Why am I feeling it?” Because fuck that. This was his family drama, not mine.
He glanced sideways at me. “Something must have happened when our life debt was created. We’re … bound tighter than normal.”
Oh, fabulous. “And how do we fix that?”
He shook his head. “The Fates are the ones who handle life debts, and last time I saw my nieces, they tried to kill me, so I’m not going to ask them.”
Oh my God. Why was this happening to me?
“So about last night…” I looked up at the rear-view mirror to see Minnie’s eyes glued on us. “When we were discussing thatmovie... and you told me about the end of the world part … please continue.”
He sighed, rubbing his chest. “As I said, it was the Titans’ job to keep the world safe, but in doing so, we were weakened. Zeus took that moment of weakness and managed to kill my brothers and sisters, but I was too strong. I was imprisoned instead, and I’ve been waiting for my chance to enact revenge. For my family.”
That was all very cryptic and insane. “What were you keeping the world safe from?” I asked. That was really the only part I gave a shit about. He could keep his soap opera family drama to himself.
Cronus took a second to answer, and the tension seemed to build in the car. “The nine deadly sins.”
What thefuckdid he just say?
“What movie is this for?” Minnie piped up from the front. “I want to see it when it’s in theatres.”
“Sorry, can’t say. We signed an NDA,” I told her, my heart hammering in my chest. I didn’t even know what to respond to the giant god who had just scared the shit out of me, so instead I did a quick search on my phone forCronusand my mouth popped open. Snapping my head in his direction, I held up my phone. “Dude.” I whispered. “You cut your dad’s dick off? What the hell?”
He smacked the phone out of my hand and it fell into my lap. “Humans don’t know anything about our history. Zeus slew every historian alive at the time. Then he spun his own tale, making himself the hero.”
Hmm, sure buddy.#DickMurderer
I glanced at my phone looking at his family tree. “Zeus is your son?”
That made this entire story all the more fucked up.
He paused a moment. “I think so.”
I scrunched my face up. “What?”
Cronus shrugged. “My ex-wife Rhea slept around. It’s impossible to know for sure.”
Jesus. The drama with this guy.
I glanced at my phone again. “And Rhea was … your sister. Awesome.”
#Vomit
He cut me a glare. “As much as Minnie is your sister.” He glanced at our driver.
Minnie perked up. “Am I making it into the movie?” She sounded elated.
Poor thing.
I ignored her. “What do you mean?”
“I am the son of Earth Mother and Sky Father. The dirt was my womb and the stars were the seed. None of us are genetically related. We’re kin. Family. But not in that way.”
Whew. That was a frickin' relief, because yuck.
Minnie pulled up to the terminal and unlocked the doors. “I’ll be keeping an eye out for the movie.” She winked.
I winked back and slung my backpack over my shoulder.
I was flying first class to Greece with a god. Happy birthday to me.
